Trampoline Swing Frame Integrating Swing and Trampoline Assemblies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional backyard swing sets lack innovation and excitement, failing to provide a comprehensive and engaging play experience for children, despite various attempts at improvement over the decades.
Innovation Solution
A combination play set featuring a frame supporting a swing assembly and a trampoline assembly, with optional slide assembly, incorporating a retaining mesh screen, glossy banner, and foam padding for enhanced safety and fun, connected via socket connectors and stabilizing crossbars, and featuring a slide contour with raised edges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional backyard swing sets are used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the play experience is boring and lacks excitement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a swing set with a trampoline into an integrated play structure. The swing portion includes a swing seat suspended from the frame, while the trampoline portion includes a trampoline bed with springs and a safety net, all supported by a common frame structure. This merging of two separate play devices into one unified structure provides diverse play experiences (swinging and trampolining) while sharing structural components, thereby increasing versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Reliability
If safety features are added to the swing set, then child safety is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The safety net is integrated as part of the trampoline assembly, serving dual purposes: it acts as a safety barrier for the trampoline and provides structural support for the trampoline bed. The frame structure serves multiple functions including supporting the swing, supporting the trampoline, and providing anchor points for safety features. This multi-functional integration provides comprehensive safety without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates a safety net that prevents children from falling off the trampoline, and the frame structure is designed with rounded edges and smooth surfaces to prevent injuries. The swing seat is suspended with adequate clearance from the ground to prevent impact injuries. These safety features are built into the design from the outset rather than added as afterthoughts, providing beforehand protection against common play injuries.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple play features are integrated into one structure, then the play experience becomes more engaging, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The play structure is divided into distinct modular components: a swing assembly with seat and chains, a trampoline assembly with bed, springs, and safety net, and a common frame structure. Each module can be manufactured separately using standardized components and then assembled on-site. The frame uses standardized tubing and connection joints that can be produced through conventional manufacturing processes, making the complex overall structure easier to manufacture in modular sections.
Solution Approach 2:
The common frame structure serves multiple functions: it supports the swing assembly, supports the trampoline assembly, provides anchor points for the safety net, and acts as the overall structural skeleton. By designing the frame to perform multiple functions rather than having separate structures for each play feature, the patent reduces the total number of components and simplifies the manufacturing process while still providing diverse play experiences.
Data Source
AI summary
A trampoline swing has a swing assembly, a trampoline assembly and a trampoline to swing connection member connecting the horizontally oriented trampoline frame to a trampoline connection end of the swing assembly. The trampoline swing has a top bar having a pair of apexes, namely a left apex and a right apex. The left apex is at a left side of the swing assembly and the right apex is at the right side of the swing assembly. There are four main body leg supports, namely a front left leg support, a front right leg support, a rear left leg support, and a rear right leg support. The left apex receives the front left leg support and the rear left leg support. The right apex receives the front right leg support and the rear right leg support. A plurality of swing connectors are mounted on the top bar.