Patent ID: 7874926

Claim:
An elevated merry go round comprising: a hub extension extending from an upwardly extending post a distance above a playing surface, the post extending upwardly from the playing surface; a hub rotatably connected to the hub extension; a hand hold member having a plurality of hand holds cantileveredly supported by downwardly extending arms extending a length from the hub toward the hand hold member; wherein the hand hold member rotates at least substantially in a first plane angled at a first angle at least about five degrees off of a parallel plane to the playing surface extending through a portion of the hand hold member; said arms elevationally displacing the hand hold member downwardly outside of a plane of rotation extending through the hub with a majority of the length of the arms located outside of the plane of rotation; and an at least substantially unobstructed zone located at least substantially between the hand holds and the playing surface providing a space for a user so that a user may grab the hand hold and rotate while hanging about the hub extension in the unobstructed zone.