Play panel installation
View Patent ↗A panel installation provides a panel spaced between first and second uprights. The panel has first and second wings having wing wall portions preferably contacting the uprights above spaced side wall portions spaced from the uprights. Cutouts in the wings allow for insertion of a connector through the wings into threaded bores in the uprights. A deck between the uprights can receive connector(s) for connecting a lower portion of the panel to the deck.
1. A play panel installation comprising:
a first post having a threaded bore portion along an exterior surface;
a panel having a first side wall spaced a first distance from the first post and a first wing integrally formed with and part of the panel extending into the first distance, said first wing having a cutout with an upper surface, lower surface, interior surface and exterior surface;
a first connector having a threaded exterior surface, the first connector extending from the cutout into the exterior surface of the wing, through the wing wall, and into the first post with threaded engagement of the threaded bore portion of the first post and the threaded exterior surface of the first connector.
2. The play panel installation of claim 1 further comprising the wing wall having an upright contact surface, wherein the upright contact surface is in contact with the first post.
3. The play panel installation of claim 2 wherein the upright contact surface surrounds the first connector and the upright contact surface is curved to coincide with a curved exterior surface of the first post.
4. The play panel installation of claim 3 wherein the upright contact surface extends a height longer than a maximum height extending between the upper and lower surfaces of the cutout.
5. The play panel installation of claim 3 wherein the upright contact surface extends a height of the wing where it contacts the first post.
6. The play panel installation of claim 1 wherein the exterior wall of the cutout is closer to the first post than the first side wall of the panel.
7. The play panel installation of claim 1 wherein the first side wall of the panel is closer to the first post than the interior wall of the cutout.
8. The play panel installation of claim 7 wherein the exterior wall of the cutout is parallel to the first side wall of the panel.
9. The play panel installation of claim 1 wherein the exterior wall of the cutout has a well, and the well receives the first connector, said well being closer to the first post than a closest portion of the exterior wall of the cutout.
10. The play panel installation of claim 9 wherein the well receives at least a first washer, with the first washer closer to the first post than the exterior surface of the cutout.
11. The play panel installation of claim 10 wherein the at least a first washer is at least one of a spacing washer and a lock washer.
12. The play panel installation of claim 9 wherein the panel has a front and a back and the cutout extends through the panel between the front and back.
13. The play panel installation of claim 1 further comprising a second wing wall symmetrically disposed relative to a second post to provide one of a T (tee) and a + (plus) configuration for the panel.
14. The play panel installation of claim 13 wherein the panel connects at a bottom portion of the panel to a deck.
15. The play panel installation of claim 14 wherein the panel comprises a planar outer surface having a well and a second connector extends through the well and the panel into the deck.
16. The play panel installation of claim 15 wherein the second connector extends through the deck and into engagement with a threaded nut retaining the panel to the deck.
17. The play panel installation of claim 16 wherein the deck contacts an inner surface of the panel.
18. The play panel installation of claim 15 wherein the panel is thicker at the wing than where the second connector proceeds into the deck at a bottom portion of the panel.
19. The play panel installation of claim 1 wherein the panel has an upper surface which is downwardly sloped above the upper surface of the cutout and assists in providing a hand hold.
20. The play panel installation of claim 19 wherein the panel has an upper elevation above the first post.