US 11,806,598 B2
Safety barrier for play apparatus
Miles Mann, Flitwick (GB); William Baylis, Flitwick (GB); and Helena Lewis, Flitwick (GB)
Assigned to ROBOVISION LIMITED, Flitwick (GB)
Appl. No. 17/050,223
Filed by Robovision Limited, Flitwick (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2018, PCT No. PCT/GB2018/053589
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 23, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/207269, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1806733 (GB), filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228967 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A63B 71/02 (2006.01); A63B 5/11 (2006.01); A63B 71/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 71/022 (2013.01) [A63B 5/11 (2013.01); A63B 71/0054 (2013.01); A63B 71/023 (2013.01); A63B 2210/50 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety barrier for use with a play apparatus, comprising: at least one support pole and a barrier element, wherein a portion of the barrier element is detachably connectable directly or indirectly to the at least one support pole, the barrier element having an erect configuration and a collapsed configuration, wherein in the erect configuration the portion of the barrier element is connected directly or indirectly to the at least one support pole and in the collapsed configuration the portion of the barrier element is not connected directly or indirectly to the at least one support pole, the safety barrier further comprising:
a support socket for receiving a first end of the at least one support pole, the support socket comprising an attachment point and a receiving portion for holding the at least one support pole in an erect configuration, wherein the at least one support pole is movable within the receiving portion to a location where the at least one support pole is pivotable relative to the support socket;
a top cap provided at a second end of the at least one support pole, the top cap comprising a guide channel and a receiving channel; and
one or more elongate control members, each of the one or more elongate control members having a first end connected directly or indirectly to the barrier element and a connection member, a second end of each of the one or more elongate control members being provided with an attachment member configured to engage with the attachment point disposed on the support socket, the one or more elongate control members passing through the guide channel in the top cap to provide a pulley mechanism to enable the barrier element to be moved between the erect and collapsed configurations, wherein the barrier element is held in the erect configuration by pulling the one or more elongate control members in a downward direction such that the connection member is received within the receiving channel of the top cap and the attachment member is engaged with the attachment point on the support socket, and wherein engagement of the attachment member with the attachment point prevents removal of the at least one support pole from the support socket to maintain the at least one support pole in the erect orientation.