Activity system and method

Abstract

An activity system which includes a play area and at least one wall, which defines two opposed play surfaces on opposite sides of the wall. Each play surface is capable of facilitating an activity. At least one aperture is formed in the at least one wall, which allows users of the activity system to complete an objective of an activity facilitated by the activity system.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to an activity system and a method of facilitating activity using the activity system. In particular embodiments the present invention may be used to provide playground equipment, game or activity stations to be used by children. However, those skilled in the art should appreciate that other applications or user groups are also within the scope of the invention.BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION[0002]Modern children are considered to be less physically active than their parents were at their age. Many factors contribute to this decreased activity, ranging from transport options employed by or for children through to the ready availability of computer based entertainment options for children.[0003]Playgrounds and sporting facilities provide an important opportunity for children to participate in some form of physical activity. However, some age groups are not adequately catered for by the current range of playground equipment, sports fields...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention provides an activity system that allows multiple users to perform different activities by using equipment provided by the system. The activity system is modular and prefabricated, making it flexible and cost-effective. The activity system can include markings and apertures that allow for a wide range of activities to be played using the system. It also appeals to children who are too old for existing playground equipment but not yet able to use adult equipment to its full potential. The technical effects of the activity system are increased flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and improved access for children.

Problems solved by technology

However, some age groups are not adequately catered for by the current range of playground equipment, sports fields or sporting facilities on offer.

However, existing forms of playground equipment are not necessarily of interest to older children who may have become bored with such systems due to exposure to same in their earlier years.

Conversely, pre-teenage children can lack the physical development required to properly use adult sized sporting equipment, fields or facilities.

Full sized sporting fields may be too long for pre-teenage children to run easily, while goal mouths or basketball hoops may be too large or Set too high for children at this development stage to easily defend or score points with.

In contrast, groups of children wishing to play together are much less likely to be sufficiently organized to have scheduled the attendance of the required number of players to use such traditional sporting facilities.

Such spontaneity is also a limitation where sporting equipment needs to be available for a particular activity and the children have not thought ahead far enough to ensure they have all the equipment required to play a particular game.

Therefore, the applicants feel that children ranging in age between six and twelve are not adequately catered for by existing playground equipment, nor by sporting facilities which are designed for adult use.

Children of these ages run the risk of developing antisocial and inactive behaviors such as television watching or spending long periods of time engaged in computer based games.

Physical activities in which children can participate in small groups and playing games with simple and easily understood rule sets are not currently provided for by existing playground equipment or sporting facilities.

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