Play and sports equipment

Abstract

Play and sports equipment (1) with a platform (2) mounted to allow vertical movement, which can be suspended at anchor points of a supporting structure by means of several spring-elastic tension elements, wherein at least one safety strut (10) securing the user is movable together with the platform (2) and the tension elements are designed as spring-elastic cables (3) that can be subjected to tension at least partially, characterized in that the spring-elastic stretchable section (5) is designed as a rubber cable and the supporting structure has exactly three tensionable cables (3), one of which runs to each anchor point, wherein the three cables (3) run in a star shape and are each horizontal between the platform (2) stretched above the ground and the respective anchor point and the cables (3) have a spring-elastic stretchable section (5) and a low-stretch section (6),wherein fitting elements (9) are arranged at both ends of the extendable section (5), which are designed to enable the mounting of an additional extendable section (5).

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a play and sports device according to the preamble of claim 1.

[0002] US Patent 6,093,024 A discloses a training device for improving motor skills which does not have a footplate, but rather a receptacle designed like shorts into which the user of the device is placed. This receptacle is suspended by ropes made of high-strength material and a swivel fitting, so that rotational movements around the suspension axis are possible, but up and down movements of the receptacle and the user are not possible.

[0003] From GB 2 331 252 A, an amusement device is known in which a cage-like enclosure for one or more users is held by two elastic suspension cables. The suspension cables are elastic over part of their length and inelastic over another, preferably larger, part of their length.

[0004] From DE 298 12 660 U1 a hanging swing is known in which a seating or lying device forms the support for the user and is suspended on one, two or more elastically stretchable ropes running upright upwards.

[0005] From DE 203 04 776 U1 a device for the temporary creation of weightlessness is known, in which a user, similar to bungee jumping, first experiences a free fall which is slowed by a rubber rope, so that the user is alternately exposed to twice the acceleration due to gravity or none at all, but within a gondola.

[0006] From DE 20 2004 000 864 U1, a swing device is known that serves for swinging while standing. The platform for the user is suspended from two vertically running ropes, as is usual with swings.

[0007] Play and sports equipment differs from the previously described state of the art in that the respective elements which support the user and provide a seat or footrest are clamped almost horizontally. Since the pulling elements do not run upwards, but rather are oriented horizontally and lie flat, accidental rollovers are impossible.

[0008] US Patent 3,132,860 A discloses a game device in which the user is placed on a rigid seat, which may, for example, be shaped like a horse's body, and which is suspended at four points by means of metallic tension springs. The tension springs are in turn suspended in a tubular frame that can be placed on the ground.

[0009] US Patent 2,860,689 A discloses another piece of play and sports equipment, intended especially for children, in which a seat is arranged within a metal basket for safety reasons. The basket is suspended, essentially free-swinging, by a total of eight metal tension springs, with fittings connected to the tension springs attaching to the top of the metal basket at four points, each offset by 90°. In this piece of play and sports equipment as well, the tension springs are connected to a tubular frame that can be placed on the ground.

[0010] A generic piece of play and sports equipment is known from DE 35 41 849 A1. It features a rigid platform in the form of a footplate, from which two support brackets extend upwards at a distance from each other. The assembly, consisting of the two brackets and the platform, is suspended by four metallic tension springs within a tubular frame, which can be placed on the ground. The tubular frame provides a supporting structure with four anchor points to which the four tension springs are attached, and from which the platform is suspended. The two aforementioned brackets, which are also connected to the platform, have handles and thus form safety bars that run on either side of the user standing on the platform, allowing the user to hold onto them.

[0011] German patent application DE 10 2011 114 371 A1 discloses a ride whose support structure has several parallel rails. Motorized chassis run on these rails, and motorized winches are mounted on them. Cables run from the winches to a platform, allowing the platform, suspended from the cables, to be moved along the rails by means of the chassis. The cables are non-elastic, made of materials such as steel, and are always under tension, ensuring the platform is held securely in any position and orientation. For example, the platform can be suspended from eight cables. Because each chassis and winch can be operated independently, the platform can assume different positions and orientations within a space defined by the rails.

[0012] The invention is based on the objective of improving a generic play and sports device in such a way that it enables vertical movements with a large amplitude, similar to bungee jumping or trampoline jumping.

[0013] This problem is solved by a play and sports device with the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments are described in the dependent claims.

[0014] Accordingly, a play and sports device with a vertically mounted platform that allows vertical movement and can be suspended from anchor points of a supporting structure by means of several spring-elastic tension elements, wherein at least one safety strut securing the user is movable together with the platform and the tension elements are designed as spring-elastic ropes that can be subjected to tension at least partially, is further developed according to the invention in such a way that the spring-elastic stretchable section is designed as a rubber rope and the supporting structure has exactly three tensionable ropes, one of which runs to each anchor point, wherein the three ropes run in a star shape and are each horizontal between the platform stretched above the ground and the respective anchor point and the ropes have a spring-elastic stretchable section and a low-stretch section.wherein fitting elements are arranged at both ends of the extendable section, which are designed to allow the mounting of an additional extendable section.

[0015] In other words, the invention proposes designing the tensioning elements as ropes that can be subjected to spring-elastic tension, at least in sections. These ropes are fixed to the supporting structure. The proposed play and sports equipment can therefore be designed as an easily transportable device that utilizes existing anchor points at the installation site: for example, building walls or rocks can be used, into which eyelets or hooks are inserted, to which the ropes can then be attached.

[0016] Suitable platforms for the user include elements on which the user can stand. These can be two-dimensional elements in the form of plates, or one-dimensional elements such as poles or ropes. Because the user stands rather than sits on the platform, the vertical amplitudes, i.e., the vertical oscillation behavior of the platform, can be easily influenced by the user shifting their center of gravity vertically, for example, by alternately squatting and then standing up, similar to doing squats. This sets the platform into a forced oscillation, thus generating an up-and-down movement. A motor drive is therefore not required.This not only has an economically advantageous influence on the design of the play and sports equipment, but by reducing the required equipment, the play and sports equipment can be easily transported with the lowest possible transport weight and the smallest possible packing dimensions and set up at the desired location.

[0017] The proposed design provides the play and sports equipment with multiple anchor points, with the supporting structure having exactly three anchor points. Compared to four or more anchor points, this minimizes the costs and equipment required for installation, while simultaneously ensuring that the three cables keep the playing surface in a plane defined by the cables. Compared to a suspension using only two cables, this design guarantees the stability of the playing surface against tipping over, particularly since the proposed design does not suspend the playing surface downwards from the upward-running cables, but rather suspends it between them. The cables are not vertical but horizontal, radiating outwards from each anchor point in a star-shaped pattern.

[0018] The three anchor points can be provided, for example, by three masts anchored in the ground. Alternatively, two existing anchor points can be used, such as building walls, rocks, or trees, and a third anchor point on a mast can be provided by the user and mounted in such a way that the three anchor points are arranged approximately in the shape of an isosceles triangle to ensure the most even distribution of force, so that the three tensioning elements used act on the tread surface at an angle of approximately 120° to each other.

[0019] In particular, the requirement to use only three anchor points and to transport and erect only a single mast facilitates the design of the play and sports equipment as a transportable device, requiring minimal space and weight for easy transport. Finding three anchor points in nature, arranged approximately in an isosceles triangle, can significantly complicate the choice of installation location. Having two anchor points and the third provided by the single mast transported to the installation site as part of the play and sports equipment allows for the use of a wide variety of naturally occurring locations.

[0020] Anchoring a mast in the ground can be achieved by driving the mast itself into the ground. Particularly when the playground or sports equipment is to be used permanently at the same location, it may be necessary to install foundations in the ground and anchor the mast directly into these foundations. However, a mast can also be anchored directly, for example, by guy wires, which in turn are secured to the ground with earth anchors.

[0021] Finally, it is also proposed that the ropes, which are at least partially spring-elastic under tension, be designed as an elastic rope in their elastic section, which in practice is often referred to as a "rubber rope," regardless of its actual construction and the materials actually used in such a rope. The rubber rope differs, for example, from an elongated spring-elastic element designed as a helical spring in that its elastic body runs longitudinally and not helically around the actual longitudinal axis. The use of a rubber rope makes it easy to adapt the load-bearing capacity or spring action of the rope to the respective usage situation, for example, to the body weight of the respective user, by changing the number of rope strands used in each section, similar to an elastic cord.Due to the significantly larger diameters of helical springs, such an adjustment of the spring action would not be as easily possible if helical springs formed the spring-elastic section of a rope.

[0022] In contrast, a second section of the rope is designed with low stretch. It can be positioned further away from the footplate than the stretchable section and attached to a pole or anchor point. This type of attachment allows the elastic section of the rope to be pre-tensioned, thus enabling adjustments to accommodate different user weights and reliably preventing unwanted contact with the ground.

[0023] The almost reversed arrangement of the elastic and low-elastic sections can also be advantageous in another respect: if the low-elastic section of the rope connects to the platform and the elastic section runs further away from the platform to the anchor point, the play and sports equipment can be designed to be particularly vandal-resistant. This is always advantageous, for example, if the play and sports equipment remains unattended for extended periods, such as when it is permanently installed in a playground or sports field. Due to the mast height and the distance from the platform, the elastic section of each rope can be made as inaccessible as possible with this arrangement, because, given its design as a so-called rubber rope, the elastic section can be relatively easily damaged by cuts or similar impacts.The low-stretch section, on the other hand, can be made of a comparatively more robust material, which offers correspondingly better protection against vandalism.

[0024] To enable the aforementioned vertical shift of the user's center of gravity, a generally standing position on the platform is advantageous. Therefore, it may be beneficial for the proposed play and sports equipment to be deliberately designed without a seat.

[0025] Firstly, omitting the seat helps to reduce the weight of the play and sports equipment, which is advantageous during transport. Secondly, it avoids the risk of accidents that could otherwise be caused by the seat, given its high dynamics, if the user were standing near the seat while using the rapidly moving play and sports equipment.

[0026] As with the aforementioned omission of a seat, another omission in the proposed play and sports equipment can also be advantageous: namely, the omission of one or more motorized drives that could, for example, act on the pulling elements to alternately tension and release them via winches, thus inducing vertical movements in the user. This eliminates not only the weight required for the drives and winches, but also the effort required for powering them, such as power cables, batteries, generators, or the like. Aside from the simplified transport, this also results in significant cost savings.

[0027] The supporting structure can be formed particularly advantageously by means of masts which are anchored in the ground, so that in the following explanations masts are always mentioned purely as examples and representative of other designs of supporting structures, without, however, restricting the design of the play and sports equipment to this design of the supporting structure.

[0028] The masts can be artificial, man-made structures, such as hollow aluminum profiles or particularly lightweight carbon fiber composite tubes, or they can be naturally grown masts, such as trees, especially the usable tree trunks. Designing the tensioning elements as ropes allows for easy adjustment to different mast spacings, thereby influencing the vibration behavior of the play and sports equipment and, in particular, enabling larger vertical amplitudes.

[0029] Furthermore, the masts can differ from one another in that they are either fixed in place, like the trees mentioned as examples, or that they are transportable and can be brought to the installation site of the play and sports equipment and removed again after use, like the aluminum hollow profiles or CFRP tubes mentioned as examples.

[0030] Particularly if the supporting structure is designed to be portable, for example in the form of portable masts, the supporting structure can constitute a component of the play and sports equipment in the form of a supplementary or additional element.

[0031] Due to the large achievable vibration amplitude, the platform may be suspended several meters above the ground using ropes. Access to the platform can therefore be facilitated by a climbing aid. This could be a rope, which may be advantageously knotted, or a rope ladder. This climbing aid can be attached to the platform or to a safety strut. Such climbing aids, which are lightweight and require little space for transport, are particularly advantageous when the play and sports equipment is to be moved to the installation site for short-term use – for example, for just a single day – and then dismantled again.

[0032] Alternatively, a climbing aid can be used that is not physically connected to the play or sports equipment and therefore does not affect its vibration behavior. This aid also provides the user with the most comfortable and safest possible access to the platform. For example, cherry pickers or similar devices can be used, especially if the play or sports equipment is to remain permanently in a specific environment, such as within a sports park like a climbing park, a high ropes course, or similar facilities.

[0033] A tear-resistant fabric element, for example, can be used as the walking surface. Particularly good control of the user's movements and the resulting vertical amplitude can be advantageously achieved by designing the walking surface as a horizontally oriented, dimensionally stable platform, for example, made of metal, a wood-based material, or a particularly lightweight yet rigid composite material.

[0034] The aforementioned low-stretch section of the rope can, for example, be designed as a ratchet strap, similar to those used for securing cargo on vehicles. In this way, the length of the low-stretch section can be easily adjusted using a simple ratchet fitting, allowing the elastic section of the rope to be quickly and easily modified and the tension applied to the elastic cord to varying degrees. Furthermore, a ratchet strap can be rolled up to a conveniently compact size and is comparatively lightweight.

[0035] As an alternative to a tension strap, a wire rope can be used for the low-stretch section of the rope. This can be particularly advantageous if the play or sports equipment is not intended to be transported to the installation site for short-term use, but rather as a permanent installation for an extended period. In this case, using a wire rope as the low-stretch section of the rope offers an advantageously tamper-proof and, in particular, vandal-proof design.

[0036] Advantageously, fittings can be incorporated into both ends of the elastic section, i.e., the elastic cord, allowing for the attachment of an additional elastic cord. This allows the rope's spring characteristics to be adjusted independently of its pre-tension, enabling the rope to be adapted to the different weights of different users. For example, eyelets can be provided at both ends of the elastic section, allowing additional elastic cords with corresponding hooks to be easily attached to or removed from the play and sports equipment, often without tools.

[0037] In one embodiment, the cables can be connected to the supporting structure, e.g., to their respective masts, by means of a deflection fitting. A cable running approximately horizontally from the platform to the mast can thus be deflected downwards by the deflection fitting, allowing it to be caught and tensioned below the fitting, for example, to adjust the cable tension. Particularly when the platform is to be suspended at a relatively high height of several meters above ground level, the deflection fitting enables easy adjustment of the cable tension. For instance, knots can be tied at various points along the cable so that they act as stop elements against the deflection fitting, thereby defining the cable tension.

[0038] However, it can be particularly advantageous to provide a fixing fitting on the supporting structure beyond the deflection fitting, i.e., on the section of the rope further away from the footplate, for example on the mast, perhaps below the deflection fitting, so that the rope can be secured to this fixing fitting. The fixing fitting offers two advantages: Firstly, it allows for convenient operation of the rope close to the ground, and secondly, it ensures force redirection within the rope, thus redirecting the forces acting on the deflection fitting and thereby supporting a particularly secure hold of the deflection fitting on the mast.

[0039] In accordance with the use of a supporting structure with only three anchor points, which can be particularly advantageous, the tread can also be attached to the tension elements at only three points. For example, a triangular tread can be used, with the three tension elements connecting to the tread at its three vertices. These three points define a stable position for the tread in space, allowing the desired vertical vibrations of the tread to be generated as safely as possible.

[0040] Particularly good user safety can be ensured by having several safety bars extending upwards from the platform and surrounding the user above the platform in a closed ring, specifically by forming a ring around the platform's center point. Depending on the height of the vertical safety bars, the closed ring can function like a railing or handrail, for example, at approximately hip height, such as 70 to 130 cm above the platform. Alternatively, a complete safety cage can be provided, formed by the safety bars and sized to completely enclose the user.Such a safety cage can, for example, have a diameter of 2 m or more, so that both children and adults can be accommodated in the safety cage.

[0041] For example, the aforementioned safety cage can be designed in the shape of an icosahedron. Using only straight struts that are advantageous from a manufacturing perspective, this allows for the creation of an almost spherical cage that surrounds and protects the user on all sides.

[0042] Advantageously, climbing ropes can run inside the safety cage, allowing them to be used as footholds and handholds. This enables the user to assume a variety of different positions within the cage, unlike if only a single platform were provided. Furthermore, these internal climbing ropes ensure that no body parts, such as fingers, toes, or similar, protrude beyond the safety cage, which would be possible if the user were to use the cage's struts directly as footholds or handholds.

[0043] It is advantageous to have so many climbing ropes stretched within the safety cage that they form a veritable climbing cage within the safety cage. Besides increasing the versatility of use with a larger number of climbing ropes, the ropes also create the aforementioned climbing cage—an inner cage made of ropes within the outer cage, which might be constructed of metal struts, for example. This prevents accidental contact between the user and the outer cage if, for instance, the user accidentally loses their grip. Even when the climbing ropes are taut, they ensure a softer and more yielding contact in such unplanned situations, thus improving user safety.

[0044] The climbing ropes can be advantageously stretched between the knots of the safety cage. This simplifies the production of the play and sports equipment, as there is no need to provide separate eyelets or similar attachment points for the climbing ropes. Instead, the knots of the safety cage offer natural attachment points that allow for a secure, fixed fastening of the climbing rope.

[0045] The play and sports equipment can be advantageously supplied as a kit, with the components provided separately. However, for faster assembly, the playing surface can be pre-attached to the ropes at the factory, ensuring a factory-tested and safe design. The ropes remain free at their opposite ends, away from the playing surface, allowing them to be secured to anchor points, such as masts. This allows for the use of any anchor points to create the supporting structure, provided they meet the structural requirements.For example, trees can be used as masts, so that the kit only needs to contain a single mast, which has to be transported to the installation site of the play and sports equipment and can be anchored there, for example with a ground spike to prevent slipping, and can be securely anchored with additional guy wires, as are known from the construction of a tent, a radio mast or the like.

[0046] Two exemplary embodiments of a proposed play and sports device are explained in more detail below with reference to purely schematic representations. These show Fig. 1: A perspective view of a first embodiment of the play and sports equipment, Fig. 2: a top view of a second embodiment of the play and sports equipment, and Fig. 3: a perspective view of a similar embodiment Fig. 2, but with additional climbing ropes.

[0047] In the drawings, each element designated 1 represents a play and sports device with a dimensionally stable platform 2, suspended at three anchor points by means of three spring-elastic tension elements, namely three ropes 3. The anchor points are provided by masts 4 anchored in the ground. For the sake of simplicity, the method of construction or assembly of the masts is not shown; for example, the masts 4 can be anchored freestanding in the ground, such as by setting them in concrete, for permanent use. However, it is also possible that, for temporary use, the masts 4 are simply placed on the ground and, if necessary, secured against lateral slippage with a ground spike, and that they are anchored in the ground exclusively or additionally by guy wires.

[0048] In both embodiments, the ropes 3 each have two different sections: Closer to the tread surface 2, the ropes 3 each have an elastic section 5, which in the illustrated embodiment consists of several rubber ropes. Further away from the tread surface 2, the ropes 3 each have a low-elasticity section 6. In the embodiment of Fig. 1 This low-stretch section 6 is led to a deflection fitting 7 designed as a ring eye on the mast 4 and runs from there down the mast 4 to a fixing fitting 8.

[0049] In the exemplary embodiment of the Fig. 2 The low-stretch section 6 of the rope 3 is designed as a tensioning strap, which runs up to the deflection fitting 7, whereby for the sake of clarity in Fig. 2 the fitting elements of the tensioning strap are not shown.

[0050] The stretchable sections 5 of the ropes 3 connect at both ends to fitting elements 9, each designed as an eyelet, so that rubber ropes can optionally be added to or removed from the stretchable section 5.

[0051] The ropes 3 do not connect directly to the footing surface 2, but rather indirectly via securing struts 10. In the exemplary embodiment of the Fig. 1 Three vertical safety struts 10 are provided, extending vertically upwards from the three corners of the tread surface 2 and connected to each other by horizontally running safety struts 10. These horizontally running safety struts 10 form a railing or balustrade that runs at approximately hip height in the form of a closed, triangular ring around the center of the tread surface 2, so that, as shown in Fig. 1. It is evident that a user of the play and sports equipment 1 is surrounded by this railing in a ring shape.

[0052] In the exemplary embodiment of the Fig. 2 The securing struts 10 form a safety cage 11, which is designed in the shape of an icosahedron and in which the in Fig. 2 users, also schematically depicted, are included, so that the user - similar to being in a sphere - is surrounded on all sides by the safety cage 11.

[0053] Fig. Figure 3 shows a play and sports device 1 in which the securing struts 10 are arranged as in the embodiment of the Fig. 2 form a safety cage 11. Differences that are in Fig. 3 are shown; in addition to the embodiments shown so far, the embodiments described above can also be modified individually or in any combination, either in the embodiments of the Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 will be realized.

[0054] Unlike Fig. 2 Inside the icosahedron formed by the securing struts 10, a multitude of climbing ropes 12 are stretched, each serving as a foothold 2 and forming an inner cage or climbing cage that prevents direct contact between the user and the outer safety cage 11. These need not be separate climbing ropes 12; rather, a few or even just a single climbing rope 12 can be stretched in appropriate redirects and form the different sections, which are determined by means of Fig. 3 are each referred to as climbing rope 12. In contrast to the illustrated embodiment, a so-called climbing net can also be used to create the climbing cage.

[0055] In addition to the climbing ropes 12 inside the safety cage 11, another climbing rope 12 hangs down from the safety cage 11 and is equipped with knots to allow the user to climb into the safety cage 11 instead of using a ladder.

[0056] Another difference to Fig. 2 consists in the fact that in the exemplary embodiment of the Fig. 3. The ropes 3 are mounted in such a way that the elastic sections 5, which are designed as so-called rubber ropes, do not connect directly to the safety cage 11, but rather to the masts 4, and that instead the low-stretch sections 6 run from the elastic sections 5 to the platform 2 or the safety cage 11. This makes the play and sports equipment 1 particularly suitable for permanent installation. Due to the height of the masts 4 and the length of the low-stretch sections 6, the elastic sections 5 are located far enough from the ground and far enough from the safety cage 11 that they are difficult to access and are therefore vandal-proof.

[0057] Furthermore, it differs from the exemplary embodiment of the Fig. 1 or Fig. 2, that the low-elongation sections 6 in Fig.3. The straps are not designed as tension straps, but as wire ropes or ropes with a wire core, such as those commonly sold under the name "Hercules rope". This also promotes a vandal-resistant design of the play and sports equipment 1, which is desirable for permanent installations, especially in public spaces such as playgrounds or sports fields.

[0058] Finally, there is also a difference in the design of the individual ropes 3: viewed along the length of the rope 3, it does not consist of two sections arranged in series, one of which is exclusively elastic and the other exclusively low-elastic. Rather, the low-elastic section 6 extends over the entire length of the rope 3, but runs parallel to the elastic section 5 with an excess length, which initially hangs loosely even when the rope 3 is taut. Only when the rope 3 is stretched under load and the length of the elastic section 5 increases does the excess length of this parallel portion of the low-elastic section 6 decrease.

[0059] As a result, this parallel portion of the low-stretch section 6 forms a stop that limits the maximum elongation of the stretchable section 5. This is also advantageous for a permanently installed play and sports equipment 1: since a supervisor cannot be expected to be permanently present, overloading of the play and sports equipment 1 cannot be ruled out, for example, by too many and / or too heavy people standing on the platform 2. Because the aforementioned stop, formed by the parallel low-stretch section 6, limits the stretchability of the stretchable section 5, it prevents, firstly, the stretchable section 5 from being excessively overstretched and tearing. Secondly, it prevents the platform 2, for example, the illustrated safety cage 11, from being moved downwards to an impermissible depth.This serves to protect the person using the play and sports equipment 1, as well as the play and sports equipment 1 itself, and finally also the protection of persons who might be unlawfully located beneath the play and sports equipment 1, in particular beneath the safety cage 11. Furthermore, the parallel portion of the low-stretch section 6 also provides a certain degree of vandalism protection: if the stretchable section 5 were to be damaged, it might later tear during operation of the play and sports equipment 1, but uncontrolled, free movement of the safety cage 11 would be prevented. Reference symbol: 1 Play and sports equipment 2 Footplate 3 ropes 4 masts 5 Stretchable section 6 Low-stretch section 7 Deflection fitting 8 fixing fitting 9 Fitting element 10 securing strut 11 safety cages 12 climbing rope

Claims

[1] Play and sports equipment (1), with a tread (2) mounted to allow vertical movements, which can be suspended from anchoring points of a supporting structure by means of several spring-elastic tension elements, wherein at least one safety strut (10) securing the user is movable together with the tread (2) and the tension elements are designed as ropes (3) which can be loaded in a spring-elastic manner at least in sections, characterized byin that the resiliently stretchable section (5) is designed as a rubber cable and the supporting structure has exactly three tensionable cables (3), each of which runs to a respective anchoring point, the three cables (3) running in a star shape and lying between the tread surface (2) stretched above the ground and the respective anchoring point and the cables (3) having a resiliently stretchable section (5) and a low-stretch section (6), fitting elements (9) being arranged at the two ends of the stretchable section (5), which fittings are designed to enable the installation of an additional stretchable section (5). [2] Game and sports equipment according to claim 1, characterized by that the tread (2) is designed as a horizontal, dimensionally stable platform. [3] Game and sports equipment according to claim 1 or 2, characterized bythat the stretchable section (5) is arranged closer to the tread (2) than the low-stretch section (6) and the low-stretch section (6) is fixed to an anchoring point. [4] Game and sports equipment according to claim 3, characterized by that the low-stretch section (6) is designed as a tensioning belt. [5] Game and sports equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the cables (3) are each connected to the supporting structure by means of a deflection fitting (7) in such a way that by pulling on the section of a cable (3) further away from the tread surface (2), beyond the deflection fitting (7), a pre-tension of the cable (3) acting on the tread surface (2) can be adjusted. [6] Game and sports equipment according to claim 5, characterized bythat beyond the deflection fitting (7) a fixing fitting (8) is arranged on the supporting structure, to which the section of the rope (3) further away from the tread (2), beyond the deflection fitting (7), can be fixed. [7] Game and sports equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that several securing struts (10) run upwards from the tread (2) and run above the tread (2) in the manner of a closed ring around the center of the tread (2). [8] Game and sports equipment according to claim 7, characterized by that the closed ring runs like a railing at a height of 70 cm to 130 cm above the tread (2). [9] Game and sports equipment according to claim 7, characterized by that the safety struts (10) form a safety cage which is dimensioned to accommodate a user. [10] Game and sports equipment according to claim 9, characterized bythat climbing ropes are stretched inside the safety cage (11). [11] Game and sports equipment according to claim 10, characterized by that the climbing ropes (12) are stretched between nodes of the safety cage (11). [12] Game and sports equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the play and sports equipment is free from a motor drive. [13] Game and sports equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the element suspended between the ropes (3) and having the tread (2) is free of a seat. [14] Game and sports equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the supporting structure has three upright masts (4) which are arranged in a triangle and anchored in the ground and that a rope (3) is attached to each of the masts (4).

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