PLAYING PROVISION FOR CHILDREN

Abstract: To prevent cats and dogs from entering playgrounds for children and to avoid breaking of window panes by balls or such like, a playing cage is built on the playground. This cage comprises posts (1), girders (2), net shaped side walls (3) and a net shaped roof (4) suspended from a bracing wire (7) strained between two opposite span poles (8, 9).

Description: * - Playing provision for children. - The invention relates to a playing provision for children. The disadvantage of playgrounds near houses and buildings is that window-panes might by broken by balls or such like. In addition playgrounds are often freely accessible for dogs and cats that may 5 drop there excrements. The object of the invention is to avoid these disadvantages by a rather simple provision. Therefore according to the invention a playing cage is build on the playground said cage comprising posts, girders disposed at 10 the upperendof the posts, side wall portions of net shaped material applied between the posts and the girders, and a roof made of net shaped material. In a simple roof construction a bracing wire is strained between two opposite span poles, from which bracing wire a ridge wire 15 of the roof is suspended. To prevent the children from climbing on the girders, barbed wire may be fixed around the cage, said barbed wire being suspended from brackets connected to the girders and/or the upper end of the posts. To abate noise the net shaped material for the side wall 20 portionsand theroofis preferablymade of textile, such as nylon. The invention will now be elucidated with the aid of the figure showing an embodiment perspectively. The shown cage is build up from posts l.anchered in the bottom by concrete blocks, girders 2 connected to the upper end of the 25 posts, net shaped side wall portions 3 slackly applied between the posts and the girders, and a slanting roof of which a ridge wire 5 _ is suspended by wires 6 from a bracing wire 7 connected to two opposite posts 8, 9. The net shaped side wall portions 3 are suspended from S-shaped 30 hooks, of which the upper loop is put into openings in.the girders 2 and of which the lower loop is closed by pincers. Clamps 10 are used to connect the nets to the posts. Brackets 11 are mounted at the upper end of the posts 1, on which bracket a barbed wire 13 is hung said wire being strained around OMPI the cage. The net shaped material could be made of metal gauze zinc- plated or covered with plastic, however to abate noise the net is preferably made from textile, such as nylon. To hinder climbing in the net the side wall portions are loosely connected. Within the scope of invention a lot of modifications are possible. OMP

Claims: C L A I M S. 1. Playing provision for children characterized in that a playing cage is built on the playground said cage comprising posts (1), girders (2) connected to the upper end of the posts, side wall portions (3) made of net shaped material and applied between the posts and the girders, and a roof (4) made of net shaped material. 2. Playing provision according to claim 1, characterized in, that a bracing wire (7) is strained between two opposite span poles (8, 9) from which a ridge wire (5) of. the roof (4) is sus¬ pended. 3. Playing provision according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in, that S-shaped hooks are used for suspending the side wall por¬ tions (3) from the girders (2), the lower loop of said hooks being closed, while for connecting the side wall portions to the posts clamps (10) are used. . Playing provision according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in, that barbed wire (12) is fixed around the cage said barbed wire being suspended from brackets (11) connected to the girders and/or the.upper end of the posts. 5. Playing provision according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in, that the net shaped material for the side wall portions and the roof is made of a textile,, such as nylon. OMPI

Inventors: DE GRAAF CORNELIS, WEESIE ANTON PIETER MARIE, DE GRAAF, CORNELIS, WEESIE, ANTON, PIETER, MARIE
Applicants: ALURA HEKWERK BV, ALURA HEKWERK B.V.
Application year: 1982
Main classification: E04H3
IPC codes: A63B71, E04H3