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Modularized slide

US4270748A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 21, 1980
Grant dateJun 2, 1981
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B2200/506
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A playground slide for use on an incline, such as a hillside, comprising a plurality of modular bedway sections, each comprising a bedway floor and laterally spaced upstanding sidewalls two or more of which sections have diverse longitudinal curvatures, and universal connections on each section. These universal connections consist of a pair of flanges defined by an integral, longitudinal extension of the sidewalls beyond the terminal ends of the bedway floor for overlapping relation between adjacent sections which are fastened through aligned holes in the overlapping flanges thus permitting interconnection with other sections of similar or dissimilar longitudinal curvature, such that both the length and overall longitudinal curvature of said slide may be adapted to conform closely to the particular characteristics of the incline, based on the quantity, longitudinal curvature, and positional order of bedway sections utilized. The upper rounded edges of the sidewalls can either abut or be telescoped by swagging one end.

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