Inflatable raft with inflatable climbing slide
View Patent ↗An inflatable play structure includes an inflatable platform and an inflatable slide attached to the platform. The platform provides stability to the slide when the structure is used in water so that it does not easily turn over. Further, the slide is preferably positioned on the platform so that the platform provides a resting and staging area for the slide. When used on land, the slide may be positioned so the platform provides a cushioned area for a user to land when coming down the slide.
1. An inflatable play structure, comprising:
an inflatable platform having an upper surface;
an inflatable slide having a bottom surface to rest on the upper surface of the platform and having opposite ends, a substantially vertical surface extending upwardly from one end of the bottom surface to a top, and a sloped surface extending downwardly from the top of the substantially vertical surface toward the opposite end of the bottom surface to a lower sloped surface end, the sloped surface providing a surface over which a user can slide; and
means for securing the inflatable slide to the upper surface of the inflatable platform.
2. An inflatable play structure according to claim 1 , wherein the means for securing the inflatable slide to the inflatable platform positions the inflatable slide on the inflatable platform to provide room for standing on the inflatable platform adjacent the substantially vertical surface of the inflatable slide.
3. An inflatable play structure according to claim 2 , wherein the means for securing the inflatable slide to the inflatable platform are clips.
4. An inflatable play structure according to claim 1 , wherein the means for securing the inflatable slide to the inflatable platform positions the inflatable slide on the inflatable platform to provide a landing surface on the inflatable platform adjacent the opposite end of the bottom surface on which a user sliding down the sloped surface will land after reaching the lower end of the sloped surface.
5. An inflatable play structure according to claim 4 , wherein the means for securing the inflatable slide to the inflatable platform are clips.
6. An inflatable play structure according to claim 1 , wherein the means for securing the inflatable slide to the upper surface of the inflatable platform allow the slide and platform to be separated and reconnected wherein the positioning of the platform may be changed by a user.
7. An inflatable play structure according to claim 1 , additionally including aids to help a user climb up the substantially vertical end of the inflatable slide.
8. An inflatable play structure according to claim 7 , wherein the aids are handles secured to the substantially vertically end.
9. An inflatable play structure according to claim 8 , wherein the aids also include foot holds formed in the substantially vertically end.
10. An inflatable play structure according to claim 1 , wherein the sloped surface has a length and additionally including inflatable sides extending along the length of the sloped surface.
11. An inflatable play structure according to claim 1 , wherein the platform is separable from the slide and has a substantially smooth bottom surface which can be used to lounge on when the platform is separated from the slide and turned so that the bottom side is facing upwardly, and additionally including indentations in the bottom surface which form cup holders.
12. An inflatable play structure according to claim 11 , wherein the means for securing the inflatable slide to the inflatable platform are releasable clips.
13. An inflatable play structure according to claim 1 , wherein the means for securing the inflatable slide to the inflatable platform are clips releasable clips.
14. An inflatable play structure according to claim 1 , additionally including a means to apply water to the sloped surface to keep such sloped surface wet.
15. An inflatable play structure according to claim 14 , wherein the means to apply water to the sloped surface is a clamp to hold a garden hose directed to apply water to the sloped surface.