Climbing structure
OwnerDonald W. Gordoninventor
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Abstract
A climbing structure is formed by evacuating an airtight cover bag over a structure core that includes blocks forming various hand and foot holds that creates a relief resembling a rock outcropping or rock surface. The blocks are preferably made of a rigid but soft or flexible material so that the blocks will hold their shape when used as hand and foot holds, but are somewhat soft in the event a climber falls or slides down the climbing face. The structure can be made in the form of a traditional climbing wall or take various other forms and may, when used as a recreational play climbing structure, have a core made up of a plurality of core blocks in a random arrangement. The structure may be used on land or in water as a water play device.
Claims22
A climbing structure comprising:
- climbing structure core which includes individual projecting blocks of material arranged to form surface relief features for the structure, at least each of a plurality of said individual projecting blocks being of a size and shape to project from the core a sufficient distance to individually provide hand and foot holds for use in climbing the structure;
- covering material covering the climbing structure core to form an exterior climbing surface for the structure, said exterior climbing surface substantially maintaining the relief features of the climbing structure core;
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- a partial vacuum between the covering material and the climbing structure core so that the covering material is sucked closely against the climbing structure core.
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