Sandbox and swimming pool playset

• US 4,799,665 A
• Filed: 07/21/1986
• Issued: 01/24/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Julie A. Bracy
• Original Assignee: Julie A. Bracy
• Inventors: Bracy, Julie A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rimell, Samuel
• Application Number:
  US06/887,426
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 272/1 A, 272/1 R, 272/56.5 SS, 272/85, 272/109, 272/113, 272/1 B, D21/252
• US Class Current: 472/126
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/00 Swimming or splash baths or pools
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/0018 Easily movable or transportable swimming pools

Abstract

A playset which includes a swimming pool, sandbox, four seats, ladder, chinup bar and a slide. The four seats, which are easily removed from the sandbox, may be used as toys for the sandbox or swimming pool. When the ladder and the chinup bar are attached to the sandbox, they may be used to climb on. The ladder is also used to support the slide. When the swimming pool is not used for water play, it can be turned upside down and placed on top of the ladder and chinup bar. This would provide shade over the sandbox. When storage or protection of sand is needed, the ladder, chinup bar, seats, and slide can be placed inside of the sandbox and the swimming pool can be used as a cover.

Claims

1. A playset apparatus comprising:

a first open-topped container, adapted for use as a sandbox and having a bottom and sidewalls;

a second open-topped container, adapted for use as a wading pool and having a bottom and sidewalls, said second container being correspondingly shaped but slighly larger than said first container such that said second container can be inverted and telescoped over said first container; and

a pair of removable upstanding support means extending along opposed sidewalls of said first container, said first container including a plurality of socket means secured to the sidewalls thereof, the ends of said upstanding support means being inserted in and supported by said socket means, said upstanding support means being adapted to support said second container in inverted upwardly spaced disposition over said first container.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further including a seat means, and wherein one of said upstanding support means comprises a ladder.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising a slide having a sloped planar member and side rails mounted generally perpendicular to said sloped planar member, said side rails terminating in a lower generally horizontal edge for resting on said bottom of said second container adjacent to said sandbox, and upper portions of said rails having vertical slots for receiving a rung of said ladder to hold said slide attached to said ladder.