Patent ID: 8979661
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
1. An inflatable slide assembly configured to engage with a staircase and side rails, wherein said staircase comprises a length and a width, comprising: an inflatable tubular half-pipe slide member configured to be placed over said staircase at an incline comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, an elongated dipped surface with a distal edge on said top portion, a proximal edge on said bottom portion, and a tubular intermediate section extending lengthwise between said distal edge and said proximal edge across said length of said staircase, two sidewalls extending lengthwise from said distal edge on said top portion to said proximal edge on said bottom portion and oriented on either side of said elongated dipped surface, such that each of said two sidewalls rise above said elongated dipped surface; a compressible support layer underlying said inflatable tubular half-pipe slide member configured to be placed over said staircase and engage said staircase; a plurality of engagement points provided on a first sidewall of said two sidewalls configured to attach said inflatable tubular half-pipe slide member to said side rails; and, at least one blow-up valve oriented on one or more of said inflatable tubular half-pipe slide member and said compressible support layer, and configured to allow a user to inflate said inflatable tubular half-pipe slide member and said compressible support layer; wherein said compressible support layer is saw-toothed shaped comprising a plurality of teeth, wherein each of said plurality of teeth comprise a horizontal width and a vertical length such that said support layer is configured to engage said staircase at each step of said staircase; and wherein said compressible support layer comprises a friction element provided on alternating teeth of said plurality of teeth configured to engage with alternating steps of said staircase.