US 12,316,938 B2
Playground apparatus comprising a camera support
Lindsay E. Richardson 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 Jan. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/418,997.
Application 18/418,997 is a continuation of application No. 17/382,096, filed on Jul. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,917,275.
Application 17/382,096 is a continuation of application No. 16/529,526, filed on Aug. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,102,385, issued on Aug. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/713,197, filed on Aug. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171837 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. A63G 1/12 (2006.01); A63G 9/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/54 (2023.01) [A63G 9/00 (2013.01); H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); A63G 1/12 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A playground spinner comprising
a seat configured to rotate 360° about a central mount; and
a phone-holder compartment, the phone-holder compartment being sized and configured to hold a smartphone at a location and angle to photograph the face of an occupant of the seat during rotation of the seat;
wherein the seat comprises
a lower support surface configured to support an occupant of the seat in a sitting position,
an upper frame through which an occupant enters and exits the seat, and
one or more walls extending between the lower support surface and the upper frame; and
wherein the compartment is located in one of the one or more walls.