JP3177253U - Playground equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a safe and creative educational playground equipment.
One side of a plane portion 12 that is substantially the same shape as a rectangular plane portion 11 is opened and connected at an angle of 120 degrees, and a refraction portion 13 having a thick portion 14 formed inside the connected side is formed as a plane portion. 11 and a flat portion around the back surface of the flat surface portion 12 and a protrusion stopper is provided. A hole is formed in the refracting portion to provide connection means such as a chain or a rope.
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Description

The present invention relates to play equipment for infants.
Providing playground equipment for the education of young children, especially 3 to 6 years old

The present invention relates to a playground equipment that can be used as a fixed playground equipment installed in a park or the like, and a movable playground equipment in a room, which is effective in improving physical creativity and intellectual creativity of an infant, and also has safety.

Conventional playground equipment used for infants in parks is often built and introduced based on physical activities of children around 10 years old, such as slides and rocks.
With the changing times, playground equipment for infants (3-6 years old) has begun to be installed, but the number and types are limited.
The park playground equipment is also a fixed playground equipment because of administrative reasons.

As described above, the playground equipment set up in a nursery school or a park is a fixed playground equipment and is often intended for around 10 years old children.
Therefore, for children aged 3 to 6 years old, there are scattered playground equipments that do not satisfy safety requirements only in terms of height and size.
A playground equipment for an infant to play is premised on operations such as standing on the playground equipment, rolling the playground equipment, lifting it up, or jumping off the playground equipment in a park or nursery school.
The play equipment is an article that comes into contact with the infant's hand, foot, or body such as the face or head, so that it is required to be safe.

Infant play equipment used under such a premise is a device that is required to be developed particularly strictly in terms of safety from the planning and testing stages.
Ordinary playground equipment is secured to the ground or floor to ensure stability and safety, but fixed playground equipment lacks mobility and freedom, limiting the opportunity for young children to play creatively. There is a problem that it may be.
For this reason, a certain degree of freedom of mobility is also required for fixed playground equipment.

Although fixed playground equipment is related to children, there is a limit to freedom, and it is difficult for infants to fully exert their creative power in collaboration.
As for playground equipment, an environment in which play can be developed cooperatively based on curiosity and ingenuity is required in an environment configuration that is voluntarily, motivated and cooperatively based on the nursery school guidelines.
Playground equipment is required to have the freedom and safety of intellectual education according to the age of development.

The playground equipment of the present invention is a movable playground equipment, and is a playground equipment configured to be a fixed playground equipment by connection means, and is a free playground equipment effective for education of 3 to 6 years old.
In this sense, no preceding playground equipment can be found, but as a prior document, a swinging horse playground equipment is presented.

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As described above, the conventional fixed playground equipment cannot be expected to improve the willingness of children to play with creative ideas, that is, curiosity and spontaneity.

This invention makes it a subject to provide the playground equipment which improves curiosity and spontaneity which are indispensable for the development of the intellectual education which an infant invents by moving or combining playground equipment.

The inventor of the present invention, as a concrete issue, set out to be a safe, creative, and characteristic of aiming at the development of infants' intellectual skills required as a playground equipment.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has devised a playground equipment in which an infant can independently create a play by moving, moving, riding, shaking, or combining them with their own power.
The play equipment is connected by opening one side of a rectangular plane portion (plane plate body) and a plane portion (plane plate body) substantially the same shape at an angle of 120 degrees, and forming a thick portion inside the connected sides. It was set as the structure which provided the stopper of the protrusion on the back surface of the said plane part and a plane part.
The thick part has a reinforcing effect that meets the demand for strength.

The stopper is a ridge with a certain height, provided on the outside of the back from the end to the inside, leaving a flat surface around it, and does not slide the play equipment, There is no pinching.

Furthermore, the play equipment has a hole formed in the curved corner portion on the end side of the thick portion to which the sides are connected.
A connection means is provided in the hole, and the structure is movably connected to a fixed portion at a predetermined installation location so that a certain range can be freely moved from the location as a base point.
The holes are provided at one place or two places according to the fixing mode.

The connecting means of the play equipment is a vinylon rope or a hard resin or metal chain movably connected to the hole of the play equipment main body, and the chains are buried in the vicinity of the ground surface of the place of placement to protect the ground. It passes through a rust stainless steel net and is connected to a fixed part in the ground, and is attached so that it can be moved freely by a connecting means with that point as the base point.
The attachment mode of the connection means to the play equipment is important, and the attachment means is attached in a manner that does not affect the movement such as swinging of the play equipment as much as possible and a mode that does not restrict the movement.
Metal chains are less likely to come off and are stable in terms of management, but are somewhat bulky.
As for the ropes, the movement of the play equipment is free from the material. It is a preferable material if the replacement time is properly managed.

The playground equipment of the present invention is a playground equipment that can be played as a movable playground equipment or as a fixed playground equipment by providing a connection means to a predetermined fixed portion, and can be played alone, but can also be played in a combination of two or more .
When playing alone, you can just place it without connecting it to the fixed part.
For example, in plan view, three can be arranged at the corners of a triangle, or four can be arranged at the corners of a quadrilateral and played.
Two or more combinations are arranged at intervals so that they can move freely without contacting each other with the fixed portion as a base point in the maximum movable range.
There is a degree of freedom and it is effective for education.

Since the playground equipment of this invention is the said structure, there exist the following technical effects.

The playground equipment of the present invention has two flat portions (plane plate) which are connected to each other by opening and connecting one side of a flat plate body having substantially the same shape as a rectangular flat plate body at an angle of 120 degrees. The child can play safely by riding and swinging, sitting with his / her waist, standing and turning.

Overlapping the design of weight and size, providing a thick part inside the connected sides, flattening the inner refractive surface and eliminating sharp corners, rounding the four corners of the flat part (planar plate) To improve safety.

Since the two plane parts (planar plate bodies) are playground equipment that can be directly touched by an infant, it is required to be safe at any location regardless of movement or posture.
At times, unexpected force may be applied to contact the face and abdomen, so the safety is improved by rounding the material and edges and rounding the corners.

Moreover, since the thick part was formed inside the side which connected two plane parts (planar board),
A flat portion is formed at the internal angle of refraction, and it is possible to prevent the infant from falling on the connecting corner portion.

Furthermore, the protrusion stopper was provided in the back surface of the plane part (plane plate body).
This prevents the entire playground equipment in the recumbent state from sliding and moving, and the stopper of the ridge has a height and a margin (flat part) around it, so when the flat part (planar plate) falls down It prevents the infant's feet and hands from being pinched or touching.
In addition, there is also an effect that a gap is formed between the flat portion (planar plate body) and the ground, so that an infant can easily grip the edge of the flat portion (planar plate body).

Furthermore, in this invention, it becomes a combination play equipment by making two or more play equipments play in combination.
Without having to prepare and fix two or more, you can play with the creativity of the infant.

Two or more playground equipments can be provided as fixed playground equipments so that they can move freely with their respective fixed portions as base points.
Each fixed playground equipment is arranged so as not to come into contact with a certain distance.
As a result, the infant can construct a correlation with the other playground equipment to form a more creative space and play.
It is also possible to voluntarily create a cooperative or competitive play with an infant playing with the other playground equipment.

The connecting means of the play equipment is a rope or chain movably connected to a hole of the play equipment main body, and the chain etc. is passed through a stainless steel net arranged near the ground surface of the installation place and connected to a fixed portion in the ground. It can move freely with one fixed point as the base point.
It can be used as a fixed playground equipment in the park.

With these configurations, the infant can perform operations such as standing, turning sideways, and turning the playground equipment body, and can enjoy the freedom that is not restricted by the playground equipment.
In the process of repeating these movements, the infant's physical functions, particularly muscle development, can be helped.
Furthermore, the above-mentioned mobility allows the infant to devise and practice various movements, and play will develop.
The necessary number, scale, installation position, etc. can be changed according to the developmental stage, usage status, usage frequency, etc. in early childhood, and the playground equipment can be rearranged according to the infant's interest and interest, changes in play, etc. Even if it is used alone, it has sufficient safety and durability.
Safety inspection is also easy.
The playground equipment is mainly intended for the education of 3 to 6 year old infants, so it needs to have a simple structure that does not restrict how to play, but it can be used for creative play. This is also important, and the playground equipment of the present invention has a structure including both.

It is a perspective view which shows Example 1 of the play equipment which concerns on this invention. A fixed string is attached to the inside of the refracting portion. It is a perspective view which shows Example 1 of the playground equipment which concerns on this invention, Comprising: A fixed string is attached to the outer side of a refractive part. It is a perspective view which similarly shows Example 1 of the play equipment which concerns on this invention. FIG. 5 is a side view showing the same state as Example 1, in which one side of a plane part (a plane plate body) and one side of the plane part (a plane plate body) are opened and connected at an angle of 120 degrees. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of fixing means in which a fixing portion having a universal joint (ball) that rotates in all directions is embedded in the ground. Example 2 of the play equipment according to the present invention is a perspective view showing a play equipment in which a refracting portion and a plane portion are created and assembled and combined as separate parts. It is the top view which illustrated the distance interval of each play equipment in the play equipment which installed four Example 1 of play equipment concerning the present invention on the ground. FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a first embodiment of the play equipment according to the present invention and illustrating an arrangement in which four play equipment connecting means are placed downward and a side edge of a “<” shape is placed downward. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a usage state in which the elder infant plays on the play equipment in the same manner as Example 1; FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a usage mode in which a young infant plays on a playground equipment in the same manner as Example 1;

Next, an embodiment of the invention will be described.
The basic configuration of the play equipment is to open and connect one side of a plane part (planar plate body) that is substantially the same shape as a rectangular plane part (planar plate body) at an angle of 120 degrees, and to attach a thick part inside the connected side. And a protrusion stopper is provided on the back surface of the planar portion (planar plate body) and the planar portion (planar plate body).

The play equipment is provided with connection means for making a fixed play equipment.
The connecting means of the play equipment is a rope or chain movably connected to the hole of the play equipment main body, and the chain or the like is connected to a fixed portion of the arrangement place so that it can move freely from that point.
Further, two or more playground equipments can be arranged in combination, and are used by being spaced apart from each other so that they can move freely with their respective fixed parts as base points.

Next, an embodiment of the play equipment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing Embodiment 1 of a play equipment according to the present invention.
In the first embodiment, one side of a plane portion (planar plate body) (12) having substantially the same shape as a rectangular plane portion (planar plate body) (11) is opened and connected at an angle of 120 degrees, and the refracting portion (13) is connected. The thick portion (14) is formed inside the connected sides, and a flat surface (margin) is formed on the outside of the back surface of the flat portion (11) and the flat portion (12) from the end to the inside. ) Is provided with a protrusion stopper (17).

The refraction angle 120 degrees of the playground equipment (1) is an angle at which an infant can sit up and wake up even when lying down, turn around and change its direction, and can stand on top.
The refraction angle of 120 degrees is easy for an infant to ride and is stable regardless of whether it is open upward or lying down.
The playground equipment main body (1) is made as an integrally molded product.
Reinforced synthetic resin and lightweight wood can be made as materials.
Each of the flat portions (planar plate bodies) (11) and (12) has a size of 45 cm in width, a long side = 60 cm in length, and a thickness of 1,5 cm. , One side is opened and connected at an angle of 120 degrees to form the refracting portion (13).
A thick part (14) is formed inside the connected sides.

As shown in the view of the back of FIG. 3 and FIG. 8, the flat portion (planar plate body) (11) and the flat portion (planar plate body) (12) are positioned on the long side of the flat portion. A rectangular protrusion stopper (17) is provided with a margin on the left and right sides and the long side.
In Example 1, the stopper (17) has a width of 3,0 cm, a long side = 49 cm, and a thickness of 3,0 cm.
The stopper (17) is attached to the right and left sides and the long side of the flat portion with a flat portion of about 5, 5 Cm = with a margin.
When used as a movable playground equipment, it can be played in this form.

In order to obtain a fixed play equipment, a chain which is a connecting means (16) to the fixed portion (18) is attached to the inside of the refracting portion (13).
The chain (16) is attached to the inside of the refracting part (13) and connected to the fixing part (18).
Since the chain does not come out on the back surface of the refracting part (13) of the main body of the play equipment (1), for example, when the refracting part (13) is attached to the floor and swings, it is not uneven.
The connecting means (16) is attached to the refracting part (13), but a small fastener (161) is selected with a chain or rope that is not as thick as possible.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the first embodiment of the play equipment according to the present invention.
In the first embodiment of the play equipment shown in FIG. 2, one side of the plane portion (12) that is substantially the same shape as the rectangular plane portion (11) is opened and connected at an angle of 120 degrees to form a refracting portion (13). A thick part (14) is formed on the inner side of the side, and the flat part (11) and the outer part of the flat part (12) on the outer side protrude from the end, leaving a flat surface (margin) around the inside. A strip stopper (17) is provided, and a connecting means (16) is provided as a fixed play equipment.
The whole is made of hollow synthetic resin. Designed with sufficient strength to reduce weight.

The thick part (14) has a structure in which the angle of refraction is made gentle so that even if an infant puts his / her foot on it, it is easy to place his / her foot.
The opening degree of 120 degrees is an angle at which an infant can open his feet and put both feet and shake, and is an angle with little load even if he lies down and carries both flat portions (11) and (12) on his back.

A rectangular protrusion stopper (with a margin on the left and right sides and the long side of the flat portion (flat plate body) (11) and the flat portion (flat plate body) (12) is located on the long side of the flat portion. 17).
The stopper (17) is attached to the left and right sides and the long side of the flat part with a margin so that the infant can move it by placing a finger on it, or the margin that does not pinch the foot when placed on the ground. To make.
When the stopper (17) is placed on the ground or floor, the edge of the protrusion contacts the ground.

The connecting means (16) is formed with a hole (15) in a refracting part (13) having a thick part (14), and a fastener (161) is embedded inside the refracting part (13). Are connected to each other.
The inside of the refracting portion (13) is a curved flat surface. Since there are no protrusions, the entire inside surface becomes a play surface where you can sit and lie down.
The chain is made of metal. Appropriate strength and non-separation structure are required.
The connecting means (16) may be a metal chain, a hard resin chain, a vinylon rope, or a strong resin or carbon fiber rope.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where the first embodiment of the play equipment (1) is vertically set.
The four corners of the flat portion (planar plate) (11) (12) and the stopper (17) are rounded. Basically, corners are rounded in all parts.

A hole (15) is formed in a curved corner on the end side of the refracting part (13) having the thick part (14) to provide a fixed string = connecting means (16) such as a chain or a rope. .
The connecting means (16) is movably connected to a fixed portion (18) at a predetermined installation location so that the connecting means (16) can move freely from one point as a base point.

The tip of the connecting means (16) is provided with a fastener (161), inserted into the hole (15) formed in the thick part (14), and fixed with screws.
The length of the connecting means (16) exposed from the fixing portion (18) is preferably about 18.5 cm to 20 cm.
The material of the connecting means (16) is preferably a vinylon rope or a hard resin or metal chain (16).

FIG. 4 is a side view of the play equipment (1). A hole (15) is formed in a curved corner portion on the end side of the refracting portion (13) having a thick portion (14), and a fixed string = connected. Means (16) are provided.
The connecting means (16) is a vinylon rope or a chain made of hard resin or metal, and the chain etc. is passed through a stainless steel net embedded in the vicinity of the ground surface of the place of placement to protect the ground. It is connected to the fixed part (18).

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing another structure of the fixing portion (18).
A fixed portion (18) having a universal joint (ball) that freely rotates in all directions in the ground is embedded.
When connecting the play equipment to the fixture, it becomes a connection that ensures more freedom of movement.

FIG. 6 shows an assembly-molded structure in which the flat portions (flat plate bodies) (11) and (12) and the refracting portion are separate parts in Example 2 to be described later.
The play equipment includes an intermediate refracting portion (140) having a hole (15) and two plane portions (planar plate bodies) (11) (12). The intermediate refracting portion (140) is provided with insertion grooves (141) (142) opened at 120 degrees on the left and right.
Since the refraction part and the flat part are created as separate parts, it is convenient for manufacturing and storage.

FIG. 7 is a use example in which a plurality of playground equipment (1) is installed to form a combined playground equipment, and is a plan view illustrating distance intervals between four playground equipments.
The play equipment (1) is used with an interval so that the play equipment (1) can move freely with the respective fixed portions (18) as base points.
As shown in the drawing, the movable range is a circle having a radius extending from the fixed portion (18) to the outer corners of the plane portions (planar plate bodies) (11) and (12).
The distance between each circle is indicated by A, B, C, and D.
In FIG. 7, the distances A, B, C, and D are equal square intervals. However, the distance is not necessarily limited to this, and it is sufficient to maintain a distance that does not contact the circle.
The interval of an Example is about 30 cm.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the arrangement of the four play equipment main bodies (1) in a standing state.
By arranging a plurality of playground equipment bodies (1), it can be expected that infants playing with playground equipment will spontaneously create cooperative or competitive play.

9 and 10 are perspective views showing how the playground equipment is used.
The infant can try various ways of moving the playground equipment body (1) such as standing, lying down, and rotating 360 degrees.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing Embodiment 2 of the play equipment of the present invention.
Example 2 has a structure in which two planar portions (planar plate bodies) (11) and (12) and the intermediate refraction portion (140) are assembled as separate parts.
The intermediate refracting portion (140) is a thick refracting portion in which insertion grooves (141) and (142) opened by 120 degrees are connected to the left and right.
The intermediate refracting portion (141) includes a refracting portion in the middle, and left and right insertion grooves on the longitudinal side of the refracting portion = grip portions (141) and (142), and flat portions (planar plate bodies) (11) and (12). ) Insert and hold firmly.
Moreover, the hole (15) was formed in the thick refraction | bending part (14) in two ends, and it was set as the structure which can connect a connection means (16) to either one or two places.

In the method of fixing the connection means by providing the connection means in the two holes, the mobility is somewhat limited, but it is used when it is desired to use the playground equipment without standing, that is, when the safety aspect is emphasized more.
Moreover, when fixing either right or left using one hole (15), since an installation location can be selected, installation according to an environment is possible.

The above dimensions of Examples 1 and 2 are merely examples, and the thickness can be changed depending on the material, or a minute change in dimensions can be expected according to the physique difference of the infant's senior boy.

Playing outside using the playground equipment installed in the park is said to be an indispensable element for education, such as coordination and recognition of the standing position with a wide field of view.
At the same time, the number of educators and guardians who advocate the importance of adopting creativity and cooperation in early childhood education is increasing, and it is safer and safer for children to play outdoors (creativity and cooperation). ) There is an urgent need to develop playground equipment that can educate children.
The playground equipment of the present invention has a simple structure and can be used as an educational playground equipment for home use, as a park or outdoor fixed playground equipment, or as an exercise playground equipment depending on its size, and is widely used as an industrial product for infants. There is a possibility of use.

1 Playground equipment (body)
11 Plane part (flat plate)
12 Plane part (flat plate)
13 Refraction part 14 Thick part 15 Hole 16 Connection means (chain rope fixed string)
17 Stopper 18 Fixing part 19 Stainless steel net

Claims (5)

One side of the plane portion (12) having the same shape as the rectangular plane portion (11) is opened and connected at an angle of 120 degrees to form a refracting portion (13), and a thick portion (14) is formed inside the connected side. ), And a protrusion stopper (17) is provided on the back surface of the flat surface portion (11) and the flat surface portion (12). The longitudinal side of the rectangular plane part (11) and the plane part (12) having substantially the same shape are opened and connected at an angle of 120 degrees to form a refracting part (13), and a thick part ( 14), a hole (15) is drilled in the thick part (14) to provide connection means (16), and a protrusion stopper is provided on the back of the flat part (11) and the flat part (12). (17) is provided, the four corners are formed into rounded corners, and the connecting means (16) is movably connected to a fixed portion (18) at a predetermined installation location so that it can freely move from that point as a base point. Play equipment. The said stopper (17) of the said protrusion is provided in the back surface of the plane part (11) and the plane part (12), leaving a flat surface in the periphery at a position inside from the end. The playground equipment described in Crab. The playground equipment according to claim 2 is arranged in combination of two or more, and is arranged at intervals so as to be freely movable by the connecting means (16) with the respective fixed portions (18) as the base points. A playground equipment characterized by that. The connecting means (16) of the play equipment is movably connected to the hole (15) of the play equipment main body (1), and the connecting means (16) passes through a stainless steel net (19) arranged near the ground surface of the place of placement. The playground equipment according to claim 2, wherein the playground equipment is connected to a fixed portion (18) in the ground and can be freely moved with the location as a base point.