Kit for constructing a play structure
AssigneeFort Magic, LLC
InventorErika Pope-Gusev
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Abstract
A kit for constructing a variety of play structures for children includes a plurality of arcuate tubes, a plurality of linear tubes, and a plurality of connectors. At least one of the tubes is releasably assembled together with another one of the tubes using the connectors to form a frame. An instruction manual provides directions for releasably assembling the tubes and the connectors to form the variety of play structures from the kit. The kit may also include at least one covering and at least one covering connector to releasably affix the covering to at least a portion of the frame of the play structure.
Claims20
A kit for constructing a variety of play structures for a child, the kit comprising:
- a plurality of arcuate first tubes;
- a plurality of arcuate second tubes, wherein at least one of the arcuate first tubes and the arcuate second tubes is substantially rigid;
- a plurality of linear tubes, wherein the linear tubes are substantially rigid;
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- a plurality of connectors, the connectors including a 6-way tube connector, a 3-way tube connector, a 90-degree tube connector, a 45-degree tube connector, and a coupling tube connector, the connectors configured for releasably assembling at least one of the arcuate first tubes, the arcuate second tubes, and the linear tubes together with another one of the arcuate first tubes, the arcuate second tubes, and the linear tubes to form a variety of frames for the variety of play structures;
- wherein at least one of the frames is configured to fit the child inside the frame.
A method of constructing a play structure for a child, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a kit including a plurality of arcuate first tubes, a plurality of arcuate second tubes, wherein at least one of the arcuate first tubes and the arcuate second tubes is substantially rigid, and a plurality of linear tubes, wherein the linear tubes are substantially rigid and a plurality of connectors, the connectors including a 6-way tube connector, a 3-way tube connector, a 90-degree tube connector, a 45-degree tube connector, and a coupling tube connector;
- and
- releasably assembling at least one of the arcuate first tubes, the arcuate second tubes, and the linear tubes together with another one of the arcuate first tubes, the arcuate second tubes, and the linear tubes using at least one of the connectors to form a frame of the play structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.