Patent Publication Number: US-2007111631-A1

Title: Recreation Facility with Multiphase Combination

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
      The present invention relates to a recreation facility for children, and more particularly to a recreation facility with multiphase combination.  
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
      Children always rely on feelings to understand themselves and environments in the growth process. Children may use their muscles to make different body movements so as to train control ability. Hence, brains of children can be trained through some recreation facilities to learn how to deal with environmental requirements in order to give appropriate body responses.  
      Conventional recreation facilities include many assembly parts that provide users to assemble. The exercise ability of children can be trained through running, walking or claiming motions. However, the shortcomings of the conventional recreation facilities include complex assembly procedures, many assembly parts, large disposition space and less variation.  
      The inventor of the present invention, based on years of experience from conducting extensive research and experiments, invents a recreation facility with multiphase combination to overcome the aforementioned shortcomings.  
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
      An object of the present invention is to provide a recreation facility with multiphase combination. Advantages for the recreation facility include fewer assembly parts, small space requirement and various combinations.  
      The recreation facility with multiphase combination is composed of a combination member connected to a connection member. A rectangle fastening portion is extended from an end of the combination member. The rectangle fastening portion includes two first planes and two second planes which are vertical to the first planes. The connection member has a first concave trough and a second concave trough. The width of the first concave trough corresponds to the first plane. The depth of the first concave trough corresponds to the second plane. The width of the second concave trough corresponds to the second plane. The depth of the second concave trough corresponds to the first plane.  
      In accordance with the recreation facility with multiphase combination, the combination member has a first structure portion corresponding to the first plane and a second structure portion corresponding to the second plane. The first structure portion differs from the second structure portion.  
      In accordance with the recreational facility with multiphase combination, the fastening portion has a fastening notch. A fastening protrusion which engages with the fastening notch is disposed in the first concave trough or the second concave trough of the connection member.  
      Any plane of the combination member can be reversed to be hooked into concave troughs of the connection member. Moreover, different fastening portions of the combination member are hooked into the connection member to obtain various combinations. To compare with the conventional facility, the invention has more combination variations. In addition, the invention also has fewer assembly parts, and needs small disposition spaces. Costs are then saved. Recreations for children are therefore increased.  
      Other features and advantages of the present invention and variations thereof will become apparent from the following description, drawings, and claims. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram illustrating a framework of a recreation facility with multiphase combination of the present invention;  
       FIG. 2  is an assembly schematic drawing illustrating a combination member after reversing according to  FIG. 1 ;  
       FIG. 3  is a schematic diagram illustrating another framework of a recreation facility with multiphase combination of the present invention;  
       FIG. 4  is a schematic diagram illustrating a third framework of a recreation facility with multiphase combination of the present invention;  
       FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram illustrating a recreation facility with multiphase combination in use of the present invention; and  
       FIG. 6  is a schematic diagram illustrating a conventional recreation facility. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
      Referring to  FIG. 1 , a recreational facility with multiphase combination is composed of a combination member  1  connected to a connection member  2 . The combination member  1  can be made to form a longer slide or a stair step. A rectangle fastening portion  11  is extended from an end of the combination member  1 . The rectangle fastening portion  11  has two first planes  12  and two second planes  13  which are vertical to the first planes  12 . The connection member  2  is preferably a cylinder, a cuboid, or a polygon cylinder. The connection member  2  has a first concave trough  21  and a second concave trough  22 . The width of the first concave trough  21  corresponds to the first plane  12 . The depth of the second concave trough  22  corresponds to the second plane  13 . The connection member  2  can be reversed upside down to provide corresponding planes of the combination member  1  to be fastened.  
      To achieve more combinations, the combination member  1  has a first structure portion  14  corresponding to the first plane  12  and a second structure portion  15  corresponding to the second plane  13 . The first structure portion  14  differs from the second structure portion  15 . In the embodiment, the first structure portion  14   b  which corresponds to the first plane  12   b  is a slide. The first structure portion  14   a  which corresponds to the first plane  12   a  is a stairway. The second structure portion  15  which corresponds to the second plane  13  is a curved bridge. When the first plane  12   b  of the combination member  1  is inserted into the first concave trough  21  of the connection member  2 , the slide is then formed. A user can slide on the slide. When the second plane  13  of the combination member  1  is inserted into the second concave trough  22  of the connection member  2 , the curved bridge is then formed. Children can train their sense of equilibrium through the curved bridge.  
      As shown in  FIG. 2 , when the first plane  12   a  of the combination member  1  turns upward, the first structure portion  14   a  which corresponds to the first plane is a stairway. The user can stamp on the stairway Hence, the combination member has various structure portions that do not only save expenses on purchasing more combination members, but also reduces storage spaces on storing the recreational facility  
      The rectangle fastening portion  11  can be made to form a square. Hence, the four planes of the square are equilateral. There is no need to reverse upside down the connection member  2  while assembling. The connection member  2  is then combined with the concave troughs.  
      As shown in  FIG. 3 , a fastening notch  16  is disposed on the fastening portion  11 . A fastening protrusion  23  which is engaged with the fastening notch  16  is disposed to the first concave trough  21  or the second concave trough  22  of the connection member  2 . When the fastening portion  11  is hooked into the concave troughs, a safer facility is then provided through the fastening protrusion  23  hooked to the fastening notch  16 . Concave holes and protruding cylinders or other fastening structures can also be used to achieve the goal of steadily combining the recreational facility  
      Referring to  FIG. 4 , the connection member  2  has some changes. More notches are disposed on the connection member  2  to obtain various combinations. The recreation facility can be made to have many shapes and achieve various training activities by using different connection members  2 . The combination member  1  and the connection member  2  can be designed to form a stairway, a curved bridge or a platform. Various recreation facilities are then made by reversing different plane combinations as shown in  FIG. 5 .  
      Although the features and advantages of the embodiments according to the preferred invention are disclosed, it is not limited to the embodiments described above, but encompasses any and all modifications and changes within the spirit and scope of the following claims.