Playground structure

Abstract

A playground frame includes upright support posts with respective through-holes configured to accept passthrough crossbars to connect the passthrough crossbars to the upright support posts. The playground frame further includes a plurality of non-passthrough crossbars to connect to the upright support posts at an elevation corresponding to the through-holes, where a first subset of the passthrough crossbars are oriented parallel to a first horizontal axis when passed through through-holes of the upright support posts, a second subset of the passthrough crossbars are oriented parallel to a second horizontal axis when passed through through-holes of the upright support posts.

1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a playground frame comprising:
 a plurality of upright support posts, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of upright support posts comprise a respective plurality of through-holes configured to accept crossbar elements; 
 a plurality of passthrough crossbars to be passed through the through-holes of the subset of upright support posts to couple the plurality of passthrough crossbars to the subset of upright support posts; and 
 a plurality of non-passthrough crossbars to connect to the subset of plurality of upright support posts at an elevation corresponding to the through-holes, 
   wherein a first subset of the plurality of passthrough crossbars are oriented parallel to a first horizontal axis when passed through through-holes of the subset of upright support posts, a second subset of the plurality of passthrough crossbars are oriented parallel to a second horizontal axis when passed through through-holes of the subset of upright support posts, and the first horizontal axis is not parallel with the second horizontal axis.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of passthrough crossbars comprises a first set of passthrough crossbars and a second set of passthrough crossbars, the plurality of non-passthrough crossbars comprise a first set of non-passthrough crossbars and a second set of non-passthrough crossbars, wherein the first set of passthrough crossbars and the first set of non-passthrough crossbars are connected in a first layer of crossbars within the playground frame, and the second set of passthrough crossbars and the second set of non-passthrough crossbars are connected in a second layer of crossbars below the first layer of crossbars within the playground frame. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the playground frame comprises at least three layers of crossbars. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the first horizontal axis is orthogonal to the second horizontal axis. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the first horizontal axis is less than 90 degrees askew from the second horizontal axis. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each upright support post in the subset of the plurality of upright support posts comprises at least one support sleeve extending outward from the upright support post to connect to an end of a respective one of the plurality of non-passthrough crossbars or an end of a respective one of the plurality of passthrough crossbars. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the end of one of the non-passthrough crossbars is to fit within an opening of one of the support sleeves. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the end of one of the support sleeves is to fit within an opening at the end of one of the non-passthrough crossbars. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein two of the plurality of non-passthrough crossbars and two of the plurality of passthrough crossbars form a rectangular crossbar frame within the playground frame, and the apparatus further comprises a platform module to connect to the rectangular crossbar frame to form a platform within the playground frame. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein at least one of the two of the plurality of non-passthrough crossbars and two of the plurality of passthrough crossbars is included in another rectangular crossbar from adjacent to the crossbar frame, and the apparatus further comprises a second platform module to connect to the other rectangular crossbar frame to form a contiguous platform section with the platform module. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein an edge of the platform module mates with an edge of the second platform module to form the contiguous platform section. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a top end of at least one of the plurality of upright support posts is to couple to a playground module and support the playground module. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , further comprising the playground module. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , further comprising a plurality of playground modules and the plurality of playground modules comprises the playground module, wherein the plurality of playground modules are to connect to the playground frame. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the playground module comprises a swing set module. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the playground module comprises a slide module. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the playground module comprises a monkey bars module. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein at least two of the plurality of upright support posts and two crossbars form a vertical frame, and a wall module is to couple to the vertical frame. 
     
     
         19 . A method comprising:
 erecting a plurality of upright support poles, wherein each upright support pole in the plurality of upright support poles comprises a first through-hole oriented in a first axial direction and a second through-hole oriented in a second axial direction different from the first axial direction;   inserting a first passthrough crossbar through the first through-hole of two or more of the plurality of upright support poles;   inserting a second passthrough crossbar through the second through-hole of two or more of the plurality of uprights support poles;   connecting ends of a plurality of non-passthrough crossbars to the plurality of upright support poles, wherein the plurality of upright support poles, the first passthrough crossbar, the second passthrough crossbar, and the plurality of non-passthrough crossbars form at least a portion of a playground frame structure; and   connecting one or more playground modules to the playground frame structure.   
     
     
         20 . A system comprising:
 a playground frame comprising:
 a plurality of upright support posts, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of upright support posts comprise a respective plurality of through-holes configured to accept crossbar elements; 
 a plurality of passthrough crossbars to be passed through the through-holes of the subset of upright support posts to couple the plurality of passthrough crossbars to the subset of upright support posts; and 
 a plurality of non-passthrough crossbars to connect to the subset of plurality of upright support posts at an elevation corresponding to the through-holes, wherein a first subset of the plurality of passthrough crossbars are oriented parallel to a first horizontal axis when passed through through-holes of the subset of upright support posts, a second subset of the plurality of passthrough crossbars are oriented parallel to a second horizontal axis when passed through through-holes of the subset of upright support posts, and the first horizontal axis is not parallel with the second horizontal axis; and 
   one or more playground modules to connect to and be supported by the playground frame.