Portable inflatable structure

• US 5,462,505 A
• Filed: 12/13/1994
• Issued: 10/31/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Blair, Rodney L., Philip G. Chauvet
• Original Assignee: Blair, Rodney L., Philip G. Chauvet
• Inventors: Blair, Rodney L., Chauvet, Philip G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DONNELLY, JEROME W
• Application Number:
  US08/354,359
• Time in Patent Office: 322 Days
• Field of Search: 472/136, 472/135, 84/330, 84/470 R, 5/98.1, 5/904, 5/98, 5/99.1, 5/449, 5/455, 482/148, 482/35, 482/27, 482/37, 482/15, 52/2.23, 52/2.18, 52/2, 52/2.17, 135/1
• US Class Current: 482/27
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 19/02 Freely-movable rolling hoops, e.g. gyrowheels or spheres or cylinders, carrying the user inside resisting devices overcoming gyroscopic forces of rotating bodies A63B21/22; standing on it for equilibrium exercises A63B26/003
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/62 Inflatable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 5/11 Trampolines

Abstract

An inflatable structure having a trampoline-type floor with an inflatable framework projecting upwardly therefrom and having netting panels extending between adjacent portions of said framework to prevent a child from inadvertently bouncing out of the structure, with at least one of said panels having releasable fastening means to allow opening of said one of said panels as a door.

Claims

1. An inflatable structure comprising:

an inflatable base forming a trampoline-type floor having a plurality of chambers arranged contiguously,

an inflatable framework projecting upwardly from said base,

a plurality of netting panels extending between adjacent portions of said framework to prevent a child from inadvertently bouncing out of said structure and said base including;

a plurality of sound-generating air valves each generating a different musical note and connected to pass air between adjacent ones of said chambers to play respective musical notes as a user steps on respective ones of said chambers.

2. The inflatable structure of claim 1 wherein:

at least one of said panels has releasable fastening means connecting a portion of said panel to said framework and releasable to allow opening of said one of said panels as a door.

3. The inflatable structure of claim 1 further comprising:

a fan for supplying air under constant pressure to inflate said structure.

4. The inflatable structure of claim 1 wherein:

said framework includes a peripheral upper member defining a central open area.

5. The inflatable structure of claim 1 wherein:

said framework includes a plurality of vertical members spaced from each other about said base and communicating with said base to permit free flow of air from said base through said vertical members.

6. The inflatable structure of claim 1 wherein:

said base comprises a plurality of parallel chambers having flow restricting valve means communicating between adjacent ones of said chambers to regulate the rate of air flow between said chambers.