Foldable play gym
AssigneeHedstrom Corporation
InventorRaymond W. Boucher
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Abstract
A play gym comprising a horizontal bar from which swings and other rides are suspended is supported at its opposite ends by legs. Special pivot joints connect the pairs of legs to the horizontal bar which permit each pair of legs to be folded together and against the horizontal bar so that the gym can assume a stick-like configuration. When the legs are unfolded to support the horizontal bar, parts of the pivot joints engage the ends of the horizontal bar thereby preventing end-wise movement and racking of the play gym. Provision is also made for substituting one pair of legs by a horizontal pivot arrangement which can be secured to a vertical support so that the gym can be used in a small area and be folded out of the way against the support when not in use.
Claims6
A play gym comprising:
- A. a pair of horizontal bars,
- B. a leg means for supporting corresponding ends of the bars, said leg means including
- 1. a pair of upstanding tubular legs,
- 2. a joint connecting each of said legs to a different one of the horizontal bars, each said joint including a first sleeve receiving an end of a horizontal bar, each said first sleeve being formed with a pair of diametrically opposite ears,
- 3. a second sleeve engaging around each said leg, each said second sleeve having a pair of ears spaced apart along said leg a distance only slightly greater than the diameter of the first sleeve so that said first sleeve can be received between the ears of said second sleeve with the ears of said first sleeve lying adjacent to the sleeve ears of the second sleeve,
- 4. means for pivotally connecting an adjacent pair of socket and sleeve ears of each joint so that the legs can be swung from first positions wherein they lie perpendicular to the horizontal bars to second positions wherein they lie substantially parallel to the horizontal bars, and
- 5. means for releasably maintaining the legs in their first positions so that they support said ends of the bars above the ground, and
- C. means for supporting the opposite ends of the bars above the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.