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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1974
Ascher Chase, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
General Foam Plastics Corporation, Norfolk, VA (US);
Abstract
A wading pool, sandbox or like thermoformed structure is provided with an integral slide, hollow handrail, and steps molded into the structure. The structure is configured to provide the slide and a slide mounting platform, disposed above the top of the side walls of the structure, with sufficient strength and rigidity in combination to require only a single, simplified, inverted U-shaped, tubular support under the slide mounting platform adjacent and within the hollow peripheral edge of the structure, to stabilize and to support the slide mounting platform. With such an arrangement, assembly is simplified and the container may be easily folded after assembly for transport without dismantling.