Patent ID: 11917275
Assignee: PLAYCORE WISCONSIN, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 8:
9. A playground whirl comprising
a base rotatably mounted to a support structure and configured to rotate 360° about a central axis,
one or more seats or handles extending above the base,
a smartphone support element extending upward from the base, and
one or more phone-holder compartments located on the smartphone support element, each compartment being sized and configured to hold a smartphone at a location and angle to photograph the face of a user of at least one of the one or more seats or handles during rotation of the base about the central axis,
wherein the compartment defines a bottom ledge and a phone support wall, the phone support wall being angled so that a smartphone placed on the bottom ledge is angled upward, and the bottom ledge being angled upward away from the phone support surface so as to prevent the smartphone from sliding out of the phone-holding compartment; and
wherein the playground whirl is configured for one or more children to spin the base at least by holding a portion of the base and running in a circular motion around a play surface to which the whirl is mounted.