Self-contained interactive play structure
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1. A free-standing self-contained play apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of walls and a roof structure;
a plurality of play towers disposed within the housing and adapted to safely support one or more play participants, said towers arranged around a central target area having a plurality of targets, the targets adapted to create one or more desired effects when contacted; and
a plurality of projectile accelerators disposed in, on or around the apparatus.
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Abstract
A self-contained interactive play structure is provided having an outer housing and a plurality of towers disposed within the housing. A plurality of play media including impact-safe projectile accelerators are disposed throughout the structure. A central targeting area is provided having targets which, when contacted by a projectile, activate desired play effects. A projectile conveyor system supplies projectiles to be shot from the projectile accelerators.
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54 Claims
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1. A free-standing self-contained play apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a plurality of walls and a roof structure;
a plurality of play towers disposed within the housing and adapted to safely support one or more play participants, said towers arranged around a central target area having a plurality of targets, the targets adapted to create one or more desired effects when contacted; and
a plurality of projectile accelerators disposed in, on or around the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for providing a themed self contained interactive play attraction for entertaining play participants, comprising the steps of:
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providing a free-standing housing comprising a plurality of sides and a roof;
providing a plurality of towers disposed within the housing, said towers adapted to safely support one or more play participants;
providing a plurality of impact-safe projectile launchers disposed at various positions and elevations on the towers; and
providing a plurality of targets. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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36. A free-standing self-contained play apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a plurality of walls and a roof structure;
a plurality of play towers disposed within the housing and adapted to safely support one or more play participants;
a first-order interactive play element supported by one of said plurality of play towers and adapted to receive play media comprising discrete play articles from a source to create a first effect; and
a second-order interactive play element supported by one of said plurality of play towers and adapted to receive play media from the first effect to create a second effect, whereby play participants can observe and experiment with various multiple-order cause-and-effect reactions utilizing any one of a number of fun and exciting play media. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A free-standing enclosed play arena, comprising:
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a supporting framework comprising a plurality of interconnected columns, beams and pylons;
a roof structure supported by the supporting framework;
a plurality of walls secured to the supporting framework and adapted to define a perimeter of the play arena;
a plurality of platforms supported between adjacent pylons or columns at various desired elevations relative to a ground level, the platforms being adapted to safely support one or more play participants;
play media comprising discrete play articles;
a plurality of projectile accelerators mounted in, on, or around the supporting framework; and
a conveyor system adapted to transport play media from the ground level to at least one of the projectile accelerators. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A self-contained play arena comprising:
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a free-standing housing comprising a plurality of sides and a roof;
a plurality of play towers disposed within the housing, each of the play towers comprising at least one platform adapted to safely support one or more play participants;
a plurality of projectile launchers disposed at various positions and elevations on the play towers, the projectile launchers adapted to propel discrete impact-safe play media in a desired direction;
a central target tower having a plurality of targets, the targets adapted to trigger one or more play effects when contacted; and
the play towers are arranged around the central target tower. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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