Patent ID: 8016686

Claim:
A retractable challenge course comprising: a support beam ( 15 ); an overhead tracking member ( 120 ) secured with respect to said support beam ( 15 ); a vertical support member ( 125 ) pivotally connected via a pivot aperture ( 220 ) to said support beam ( 15 ), said vertical support member ( 125 ) extending downwardly from said support beam ( 15 ) to support an element ( 40 ) disposed below said support beam ( 15 ), whereby said vertical support member ( 125 ) is capable of pivoting about the pivot aperture ( 220 ) so that the vertical support member ( 125 ) can be retracted and deployed; further comprising: a cross beam ( 60 ) secured to said support beam ( 15 ); said overhead tracking member ( 120 ) secured with respect to said support beam ( 15 ); a vertical support member ( 125 ) pivotally connected via a pivot aperture ( 220 ) to said cross beam ( 60 ), said vertical support member ( 125 ) extending downwardly from said cross beam ( 60 ) to support an element ( 40 ) disposed below said cross beam ( 60 ), whereby said vertical support member ( 125 ) is capable of pivoting about the pivot aperture ( 220 ) so that the vertical support member ( 125 ) can be retracted and deployed; further comprising: a tracking member connection beam ( 110 ) secured to at least one of said cross beam ( 60 ) or said support beam ( 15 ); said overhead tracking member ( 120 ) secured to said tracking member connection beam ( 110 ); a vertical support member ( 125 ) pivotally connected via a pivot aperture ( 220 ) to at least one of said cross beam ( 60 ), or said support beam; said vertical support member ( 125 ) extending downwardly from at least one of said cross beam ( 60 ) or said support beam ( 15 ) to support an element ( 40 ) disposed below said cross beam ( 60 ), whereby said vertical support member ( 125 ) is capable of pivoting about the pivot aperture ( 220 ) so that the vertical support member ( 125 ) can be retracted and deployed.