Modular playground equipment system

A module assembly mechanism for connection of a variety of playground equipment modules comprising:

• a platform including a base configured generally as a rectangle and including side connectors having a plurality of attachment means strategically located thereon, said side connectors having end portions and intermediate portions, said end portions of each of said side connectors being rigidly attached to one another so as to form corners of said base;
• a base plate attached to said base, and being configured generally to cover said base;
• a plurality of support columns, each of said support columns having an inner support angle and an outer support angle, the inner support angle of each of said support columns having upper and lower portions and being rigidly attached at the lower portion thereof to a corner of said platform base, and the upper portion of said inner support angle being adapted for attachment to selected of said playground equipment modules;
• a plurality of stanchions having upper and lower ends, each of said stanchions being rigidly attached to the outer support angle of one of said support columns to support said platform a predetermined distance above the lower ends of said stanchions so as to accommodate the attachment of selected of said playground equipment modules directly to the intermediate portion of said side connectors.