US 11,917,275 B2
Playground apparatus comprising a camera support
Lindsay Hill, Chattanooga, TN (US); Sam Smith, Fort Payne, AL (US); Steven Dupree, Gadsden, AL (US); Charles Walcott, Chattanooga, TN (US); and Benjamin Thornberry, Centre, AL (US)
Assigned to PLAYCORE WISCONSIN, INC., Chattanooga, TN (US)
Filed by PlayCore Wisconsin, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,096.
Application 17/382,096 is a continuation of application No. 16/529,526, filed on Aug. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,102,385.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/713,197, filed on Aug. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0352193 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A63G 1/12 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01); A63G 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/54 (2023.01) [A63G 9/00 (2013.01); H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); A63G 1/12 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A playground whirl comprising
a base rotatably mounted to a support structure and configured to rotate 360° about a central axis, the base having an upper surface configured to support multiple children;
one or more seats or handles extending above the base;
a smartphone support element secured to the base by one or more fasteners and extending above the base; and
one or more phone-holder compartments located on the smartphone support element, each compartment being sized and configured to hold a smartphone at a location and angle to photograph the face of a user of at least one of the seats or handles during rotation of the base about the central axis;
the playground whirl being configured for one or more children to spin the base at least by holding a portion of the base and running in a circular motion around a play surface to which the whirl is mounted.