Recreation deck
A recreation deck includes a plurality of inlay foundation boards. Each inlay foundation board has corresponding and alternately disposed fastening assemblies at two adjacent sides thereof, such that a recreation deck is assembled by joining the fastening assemblies. Each inlay foundation board also has a recess at a surface thereof, so as to allow a surface of an assembled to be formed with a recessed recreation plane for arranging platforms of diverse recreation activities. Each inlay foundation board further has various indentations near a periphery of the recess, and apparatus of different recreation activities can be placed in the indentations. The recreation deck according to the invention is a structure provides practicability like occupying minimal space as well as offering simple assembly, easy portage and usage adaptations.
(a) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a recreation deck, and more particularly, to a recreation deck formed by assembling a plurality of inlay foundation boards, with each of the inlay foundation boards having corresponding and alternately disposed fastening assemblies at two adjacent sides thereof. The recreation deck has various indentations near a periphery thereof for placing apparatus of different recreation activities, and a recessed center thereof for arranging platforms of different recreation activities, thereby forming a practical and simple structure that is readily assembled and disassembled, and easily carried, as well as being adaptable to diverse recreation activities.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
Common recreation decks have different structures determined by categories, ways of playing and recreation apparatus used. Suppose a deck is designed solely for a specific recreation activity, a structure thereof is usually a formed integral without being collapsible. Such type of recreation deck generally has a volume that is inconvenient for carrying along while offering simple recreational functions, and thus provides less practical values. To enhance functionality of such type of recreation deck, a collapsible design of a plate body thereof is suggested. This collapsible plate body is double-foldable using hinges, so as to reduce a volume of the plate body to a half of an original volume for improving portability functionality of the recreation deck. Indeed, this type of recreation deck occupies a smaller space compared to other prior structures, however, a thickness thereof is in fact increased. Hence, inconvenient portage is yet resulted. In addition, this type of recreation deck is merely capable of providing usage for a maximum of three recreation activities, and often lacks structures coordinating with corresponding recreation apparatus by having a limited breadth. The corresponding recreation apparatus are stored in additional containers or even randomly placed near the plate body, and troubles are again caused when using the recreation deck for pastime. Therefore, the prior recreation decks are only able to provide users with restricted functions and can be further advanced.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe primary object of the invention is to provide a recreation deck offering practicability in portage, usage and applicable occasions. The recreation deck according to the invention comprises inlay foundation boards. The inlay foundation boards are plate bodies having limited areas and thickness, and are therefore easily to carry along even being numerous. Each of the inlay foundation boards further has fastening assemblies, and the plate bodies are readily joined with one another using the fastening assemblies for completing a smooth and steady recreation deck. Using a recess of each inlay foundation board, the assembled recreation deck is allowed with a recess portion for stably arranging different kinds of recreation platforms, and is thus adaptable to diverse recreation occasions as well as offering better practicability.
The secondary object of the invention is to provide a recreation deck comprising inlay foundation boards having indentations of various shapes. During recreation activities that use different kinds of apparatus such as pieces in board games, chips in card games and accessories in quiz games, the apparatus can be appropriated placed.
Another object of the invention is to provide a recreation deck comprising inlay foundation boards in grid structures and having openings at lower surfaces thereof, so as to provide an assembled recreation deck with a compact and handy structure. The inlay boards further have fastening apertures at appropriate positions thereof for coordinating with supporting posts, such that addition posts are secured into the fastening apertures for accommodating different usage occasions.
The other object of the invention is to provide a recreation deck comprising inlay foundation boards in grid structures. The grid structures, with coordination of the supporting posts, enable the recreation deck to serve as a portable or provisional table when being used outdoors.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
To better understand the structure and functions of the invention, a preferred embodiment shall be given with detailed descriptions hereunder.
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Conclusive from the above, the recreation deck according to the invention is applicable as a recreation deck having distinct functions, and can also be adopted as a common table. It is of course to be understood that the embodiment described herein is merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
Claims
1. A recreation deck comprising a plurality of inlay foundation boards, wherein each of the inlay foundation boards is a plate body, and has corresponding and alternately disposed fastening assemblies at two adjacent sides thereof, thereby assembling the plurality of inlay foundation boards into a by joining the fastening assemblies.
2. The recreation deck in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fastening assemblies are corresponding and alternately disposed flanges and embedding notches.
3. The recreation deck in accordance with claim 2, wherein each flange is a hook portion consisted of a rib and a tenon, with the rib having an upper edge thereof as a beveled plane and a lower edge thereof as an arched concave plane for corresponding with an arched convex plane as an upper edge of the tenon.
4. The recreation deck in accordance with claim 2, wherein an inner edge of each embedding notch has an embedding plane for corresponding with the hook portion of the flange.
5. The recreation deck in accordance with claim 1, wherein each inlay foundation board has a recess at a surface thereof, and indentations of various shapes near a periphery of the recess, and a fastening opening at an appropriate position of the recess.
6. The recreation deck in accordance with claim 1, wherein the plate body of each inlay foundation board is grid structure having a plurality of apertures at a lower surface thereof.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 29, 2003
Publication Date: Jan 6, 2005
Inventor: Young-Chien Cheng (Taipei)
Application Number: 10/650,768