Abstract: Three thermoformed polyethylene plastic segments are bolted together to form a truncated triangular inclined climbing wall for attachment to a wooden play structure. The climbing wall is tilted at about a forty-eight degree angle against the play structure, and is fastened by a flange to an elevated deck which is accessible through a wood framed inlet. The climbing wall is staked to the ground, and narrows from a wide, ground-engaging, base, to a narrower summit, which is immediately adjacent the framed inlet. The climbing wall is formed with a number of rock-simulative ledges, which progress from the base to the summit. Each molded ledge preferably has a child-graspable hand grip integrally molded in the riser. The top surfaces of the step-like ledges define treads which are inclined from the horizontal to direct the child's foot inward toward the climbing wall rather than away from the wall and off the structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 11, 1997
Date of Patent:
February 27, 2001
Assignee:
Swing-N-Slide Corp.
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Jonas, Randall C. Grutza, Matthew T. Bolland