Modular play gym for children

Abstract

A children's play gym including a frame with an elongated tubular top rail having an inside surface, an outside surface and a lengthwise keyway between said surfaces, a plurality of legs, each leg having an upper end wall encircling the top rail, and an anchor releasably anchoring the upper end wall of each leg to the top rail. Each anchor includes a bracket bridging the keyway at that inside surface, and a threaded fastener extending through a hole in the end wall and through said keyway and being threaded into the bracket. This enables the upper end wall of each leg to be slid relative to the top rail and then clamped to the top rail at any location therealong by tightening the threaded fastener.

1 . A children's play gym comprising 
 a frame including 
 an elongated tubular top rail having an inside surface, an outside surface and a lengthwise keyway between said surfaces which extends along said top rail,  
 a plurality of legs, each leg having an upper end wall encircling the top rail, and  
 an anchor releasably anchoring the upper end wall of each leg to the top rail, each anchor including 
 a bracket bridging the keyway at said inside surface, and  
 a threaded fastener extending through a hole in said end wall and through said keyway and being threaded into the bracket whereby the upper end wall of each leg can be slid along to the top rail and clamped to the top rail at a selected location therealong by tightening said threaded fastener.  
 
   
   
   
       2 . The play gym defined in  claim 1  wherein the anchor on at least one of the legs also includes 
 a perforated bearing member engaging said end wall of that leg, and    a threaded fastener extending through said bearing member.    
   
   
       3 . The play gym defined in  claim 1  wherein said upper end wall of each leg includes a key which slidably keys into said keyway to fix the angular position of said upper end wall relative to the top rail.  
   
   
       4 . The play gym defined in  claim 1  wherein said angular position is fixed so that the associated leg extends out from the top rail at an angle appreciably greater than 45°.  
   
   
       5 . The play gym defined in  claim 1  and further including at least one additional anchor secured to the top rail at said keyway, each additional anchor including 
 an additional bracket bridging the keyway at said inner surface;    a bearing member bridging the keyway at said outer surface, said bearing member having a hole located opposite the keyway, and    an additional threaded fastener extending through said hole in the bearing member and through said keyway and being threaded into the additional bracket, said additional fastener having a head defining an anchoring point for a children's ride.    
   
   
       6 . The play gym defined in  claim 5  wherein the bearing member includes a key which slidably keys into the keyway to fix the angular position of the bearing member relative to top rail.  
   
   
       7 . The play gym defined in  claim 6  wherein said hole in the bearing member extends through said key therein.  
   
   
       8 . The play gym defined in  claim 6  and further including a hanger having an upper end swingably secured to said anchoring point.  
   
   
       9 . The play gym defined in  claim 1  and further including 
 a perforated ride support member having opposite ends and engaging the underside of the frame top rail cross-wise, and    an additional anchor secured to the top rail at said keyway, said additional anchor including 
 an additional bracket bridging the keyway at said inside surface, and  
 an additional threaded fastener extending through the support member and through the keyway and being threaded into said additional bracket whereby the support member can be slid to a selected location along the top rail and clamped in place by tightening the additional threaded fastener.  
   
   
   
       10 . The play gym defined in  claim 9   further including a perforated bearing member engaging under said support member, and    wherein the additional threaded fastener extends through the bearing member.    
   
   
       11 . The play gym defined in  claim 10  wherein the bearing member includes a key which slidably keys into the keyway to fix the angular position of the bearing member relative to the top rail.  
   
   
       12 . The play gym defined in  claim 9  and further including a pair of hangers having opposite ends pivotally connected to the opposite ends of the support member.  
   
   
       13 . The play gym defined in  claim 1  and further including 
 a slide having opposite ends and being positioned between adjacent legs of said frame, and    securing devices at the opposite ends of the slide for releasably securing the slide to said lower ends of the adjacent legs.    
   
   
       14 . The play gym defined in  claim 1  and further including an enclosure composed of panels extending between adjacent legs of said frame, and 
 securing devices for releasably securing said panels to said adjacent legs.    
   
   
       15 . The play gym defined in  claim 1  and further including a container releasably attached to at least one of said plurality of legs, each said container having a fill opening for filling the container with a relatively heavy fluid material.