Challenge course for children

Abstract

A challenge course for having a height from the platform to the track that allows a child or person about 3 feet or 4 feet tall to grab a lanyard and control a tracking member being displaced in a track. The obstacle having sizes and distances that prevent children's feet from falling in between boards of the obstacle.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A challenge course for children ( 10 ), comprising:
 a track ( 70 ); and   a platform ( 60 ) disposed downwardly from said track at a distance to accommodate a child as the child traverses the challenge course for children ( 10 ).   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a distance from said platform ( 60 ) to said track ( 70 ) of about 54 inches.   
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the platform ( 60 ) is about 32 inches above ground level. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the platform ( 60 ) has a diameter of about 30 inches. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein an adult when standing on the ground can grab a lanyard ( 110 ) that is connected at one end to a tracking member ( 200 ) movably disposed within said track ( 70 ), and said lanyard ( 110 ) is connected at another end to a harness ( 210 ) that is being worn by a child, when the child is standing on said platform ( 60 ). 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein an adult when standing on the ground can grab a lanyard ( 110 ) that is connected at one end to a tracking member ( 200 ) movably disposed within said track ( 70 ), and said lanyard ( 110 ) is connected at another end to a harness ( 210 ) that is being worn by a child when the child is standing on an obstacle ( 50 ). 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a discontinuous obstacle ( 80 ) adjacent to said platform ( 60 ). 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising an obstacle ( 50 ) having a gate ( 120 ). 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , whereby said challenge course for children ( 10 ) is adjacent a regular size challenge course. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , whereby a child can dislodge a stuck tracking member ( 200 ) that is within said track ( 70 ) by moving a lanyard ( 110 ) with the child's hand. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a walk through opening ( 30 ) to allow parents of children using the challenge course for children ( 10 ) to move from an outside area ( 90 ) outside of the challenger course for children ( 10 ) to an inside area ( 100 ) inside the challenge course for children ( 10 ).   
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said lanyard ( 110 ) is a strap ( 180 ) attached at one end to said tracking member ( 200 ) and at the other to said harness ( 210 ). 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said lanyard ( 110 ) has a sheath ( 150 ) that is about 2 feet long fixedly disposed around said lanyard ( 110 ) to provide a stiffening means ( 240 ). 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said lanyard ( 110 ) is comprised of two straps ( 180 ) having a sheath ( 150 ) fixedly secured to said straps ( 180 ) and a child can grab the sheath ( 150 ). 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the straps ( 180 ) are made from nylon safety webbing 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said lanyard ( 110 ) is a plurality of straps ( 180 ), at least one of said strap ( 180 ) having stitching thereon to increase its stiffness. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said lanyard ( 110 ) is comprised of a strap a ( 180 ) that is folded over and secured to itself for a distance of about two feet to increase its stiffness. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said lanyard ( 110 ) is made from a strap ( 180 ) and said strap is folded over to create three layers adjacent to one another and disposed near a fourth strap ( 250 ), at least one of said straps ( 180 ) having stitching thereon to increase said straps stiffness, and said strap ( 180 ) may be made from nylon slotted webbing, said strap ( 180 ) about one inch wide, and a sheath ( 150 ) fixedly disposed around said strap ( 180 ) and said fourth strap ( 250 ), said sheath ( 150 ) about two feet long, said strap ( 180 ), fourth strap ( 250 ) and sheath ( 150 ) create a stiffening means ( 240 ) to allow the user to move the tracking member ( 200 ) easier than it could be moved with a lanyard ( 110 ) made from a single strap ( 180 ). 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an obstacle ( 50 ) disposed adjacent to said platform ( 60 ) having a plurality of boards ( 130 ) on which the child may step across, said boards ( 130 ) having a distance between said boards ( 280 ) of 1.5 inches or less so the feet or shoes do not get trapped between the boards ( 130 ).