Bungee teeter-totter
AssigneeDream Visions, LLC
InventorTheodore G. Habing
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Abstract
A single rider teeter-totter has a support frame and a longitudinal beam member pivotally coupled to the support frame. A seat for a user is attached to a first end of the beam member. A counterbalancing resistance is provided by a plurality of elastic members, each of which is attached at a first end to the support frame. A number of the elastic members appropriate to the weight of the user are secured to a securing station disposed on the beam member. The unused elastic members may be secured to a second securing station attached to the support frame.
Claims26
A play apparatus comprising:
- a support frame;
- a beam member having a first end and a second end, the beam member pivotally coupled to the support frame between the first and second ends;
- a seat attached to the first end of the beam member;
- a plurality of elastic members, each attached to the support frame;
- a first securing station disposed on the beam member proximate to the second end thereof, the first securing station configured to secure a second end of the elastic members to the beam member for counterbalancing a rider in the seat;
- wherein the second end of the elastic members is fitted with a pair of spaced apart knobs.
A play apparatus comprising:
- a support frame;
- a beam member having a first end and a second end, the beam member pivotally coupled to the support frame between the first and second ends;
- a seat attached to the first end of the beam member;
- a plurality of elastic members, each attached to the support frame;
- a first securing station disposed on the beam member proximate to the second end thereof, the first securing station configured to secure a second end of the elastic members to the beam member for counterbalancing a rider in the seat;
- wherein the second end of the elastic members is fitted with a knob having a grip portion.
A play apparatus comprising:
- a support frame;
- a beam member pivotally coupled to the support frame;
- a seat attached to the beam member;
- a plurality of elastic members, each attached at a first end to the support frame;
- a first securing station disposed on the beam member, the first securing station configured to secure a second end of the elastic members to the beam member for counterbalancing a rider in the seat;
- wherein the second end of the elastic members is fitted with a pair of spaced apart knobs.
A play apparatus comprising:
- a support frame;
- a beam member pivotally coupled to the support frame;
- a seat attached to the beam member;
- a plurality of elastic members, each attached at a first end to the support frame;
- a first securing station disposed on the beam member, the first securing station configured to secure a second end of the elastic members to the beam member for counterbalancing a rider in the seat;
- wherein the second end of the elastic members is fitted with a knob having a grip portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.