Patent ID: 8241182

Claim:
A playground system, comprising: a processing unit: and a playground appliance, wherein the playground appliance comprises: a display operationally connected to the processing unit and adapted to display one or more user-selectable items; a support structure for securing at least a part of the playground appliance to a surface; a support member for supporting a user of the playground appliance, wherein the entire support member is movably arranged relative to the support structure responsive to a kinetic energy imparted by the user; and a sensor operationally connected to the processing unit and adapted to detect a movement of the support member, wherein: the support member is configured to support an entire weight of the user, the entire support member is movable arranged relative to the support structure when supporting the entire weight of the user, the processing unit is adapted to receive a sensor signal from the sensor indicative of the detected movement, and to control the display to indicate a user-selection responsive to the received sensor signal, and the processing unit is further adapted to control the display to display one or more user-selectable items of a list of user-selectable items, and to scroll through the list responsive to the detected sensor signal.