US-12623131-B2 - Climbing wall

Abstract

A climbing wall includes a climbing wall module defining spatial compartments into which bodies of climbing holds are selectively placed to define a front surface of the climbing wall module, which can be adjusted to the movements of the users of the climbing wall. Behind the climbing wall module is a climbing holds storage module. At least one robot manipulates the bodies of the climbing holds placed in the climbing wall module and/or the climbing holds storage module.

Inventors

• Marcin Pery

Assignees

• RECLIMB Prosta Spółka Akcyjna

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20240124

Priority Date

20210726

Claims (18)

1. 1 . A climbing wall, comprising: a climbing wall module having a supporting construction with an arrangement of partitions defining spatial compartments with a plurality of bodies of climbing holds placed therein, wherein each of the spatial compartments includes at least a front wall; wherein the front wall and the plurality of bodies of the climbing holds along with the supporting construction associated with the front wall define a front surface of the climbing wall module; a climbing holds module associated with the climbing wall module and disposed at a distance therefrom, the climbing holds module including an additional supporting construction having an arrangement of partitions defining spatial compartments adjusted to receive the plurality of bodies of the climbing holds therein; and at least one robot disposed in a space between the climbing wall module and the climbing holds module, the at least one robot configured to manipulate the plurality of bodies of the climbing holds by selectively transferring them between the spatial compartments in the climbing wall module and in the climbing holds module.
2. 2 . The climbing wall of claim 1 , wherein the at least one robot operates to selectively create an adjustable front surface by arranging different ones of the plurality of bodies of the climbing holds in the spatial compartments of the climbing wall module.
3. 3 . The climbing wall of claim 1 , wherein each of the spatial compartments of each of the climbing wall module and the climbing holds module further includes at least a back wall and side walls.
4. 4 . The climbing wall according to claim 1 , wherein the spatial compartments of the climbing holds module corresponds to a shape of the spatial compartments of the climbing wall module.
5. 5 . The climbing wall according to claim 1 , wherein a back wall of each of the plurality of bodies of the climbing holds forms at least one service hold that is engageable by the at least one robot for placement and removal from a respective spatial compartment.
6. 6 . The climbing wall according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one robot is a multiaxial Cartesian coordinate robot having a gripping and manipulating arm.
7. 7 . The climbing wall according to claim 6 , wherein the gripping and manipulating arm is a telescopic gripping and manipulating arm.
8. 8 . The climbing wall according to claim 6 , wherein the gripping and manipulating arm is rotatably disposed with respect to a vertical axis and/or a horizontal axis.
9. 9 . The climbing wall according to claim 6 , wherein in that the gripping and manipulating arm has at least one articulation.
10. 10 . The climbing wall according to claim 6 , wherein the gripping and manipulating arm includes an electromagnet for engaging and disengaging the plurality of bodies of the climbing holds.
11. 11 . The climbing wall according to claim 1 , wherein the front wall of each of the spatial compartments includes at least one recess, wherein each of the plurality of bodies of the climbing holds includes at least one moveable protrusion, and wherein the at least one moveable protrusion is configured to matingly and releasably engage the front wall when a respective climbing hold body is disposed within a respective spatial compartment.
12. 12 . The climbing wall according to claim 1 , wherein the front surface of the climbing wall module further includes motion restrictors that engage the plurality of bodies of the climbing holds.
13. 13 . The climbing wall according to claim 1 , wherein a back wall of each of the plurality of the bodies of climbing holds includes a locking flange.
14. 14 . The climbing wall according to claim 1 , wherein each of the climbing wall module and the climbing holds module has a generally flat shape, and wherein the climbing wall module and the climbing holds module are arranged parallel to one another.
15. 15 . The climbing wall according to claim 1 , further comprising a second climbing wall module that is pivotally associated with and arranged to selectively incline relative to the climbing wall module.
16. 16 . The climbing wall according to claim 15 , wherein the second climbing wall module further comprises a plurality of spatial compartments.
17. 17 . The climbing wall according to claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of spatial compartments in the climbing wall module has a rectangular shape.
18. 18 . The climbing wall according to claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of spatial compartments in the climbing wall module has a non-rectangular shape.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The instant application claims priority to International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2022/051892, filed Jan. 27, 2022, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE The instant application generally relates to exercise equipment and, more particularly, to a climbing wall. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In prior art, from DE202005009100U1 there is a known spatial climbing construction having a supporting frame with open and closed compartments. The supporting frame is made of vertical and horizontal brackets forming the shape of a cuboid. The crossed brackets of the supporting construction form compartments, in which fillings in the form of a plate can be mounted, forming an arrangement of passages across the supporting construction similar to a maze with branching and crossroads. Therefore, this type of fillings closes the selected compartments of the supporting construction. The consecutive fillings mounted in the supporting construction have a functional nature and they comprise additional elements, such as climbing holds, ladders, steps or slides. The fillings with mounted climbing holds allow for creating a climbing segment in the supporting construction, wherein the climbing holds can also be placed in other parts of the climbing construction. The supporting constructions can be combined with each other, forming larger units with various outer shapes. EP2420304A1 in turn discloses a modular climbing wall, having a supporting construction with an arrangement of vertical and horizontal partitions. The partitions define sets of compartments, in which the bodies of climbing holds are detachably mounted. The compartments can have any inner shape formed by the connected partitions, the outer shape of the bodies of the climbing holds has to be adjusted to the inner shape of the compartments. In particular, they are cubic compartments, having the mounted bodies of the climbing holds with a cubic shape. The outer shape of the body of the climbing hold itself corresponds to the shape of the compartment, and it has proper climbing holds mounted thereto. The body with the proper climbing hold forms a module mounted in the compartment of the climbing wall. Detachably mounting in the compartment is realised by means of a bolt or locking elements placed on the front part of the climbing wall, at the point of intersection of the partitions. In particular, the locking elements can have the form of a cross, mounted at the intersection of the partitions. Therefore, the locking element in a neutral position lies entirely in the plane of the partitions. On the other hand, after a change in its position, the arms lock four compartments with the climbing holds. The compartments of the climbing wall are filled with modular climbing holds. The arranging of the climbing routes is simple, since the position of the bodies of the climbing holds between the compartments in the climbing wall can be changed arbitrarily, or by changing the position of the body of the climbing hold in the compartment, therefore forming climbing routes with a varying level of difficulty. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present disclosure describes systems and methods for improving and expediting the exchange of climbing holds in order to arrange climbing routes. In one embodiment, the disclosure describes a climbing wall, comprising at least one climbing wall module having a supporting construction with an arrangement of partitions defining spatial compartments with multiple bodies of climbing holds placed therein, in which one can distinguish a front and a back wall, as well as side walls, the front walls of the bodies of the climbing holds along with the supporting construction forming the front surface of the climbing wall module, adjusted to the movements of the users of the climbing wall. In one embodiment, at least one climbing wall module includes at least one climbing holds storage module at a distance therefrom, having a supporting construction with an arrangement of partitions defining spatial compartments adjusted to receive the body of the climbing hold, and in the space between the climbing wall module and the climbing holds storage module there is at least one robot adjusted to manipulate the multi-walled bodies of the climbing holds placed in the climbing wall module and/or the climbing holds storage module. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) FIG. 1 is a perspective outline view of a climbing wall having a climbing wall module and a climbing holds storage module in accordance with the disclosure. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a supporting construction of the climbing wall module and the hold storage module. FIG. 3 is an outline view of exemplary climbing holds in accordance with the disclosure. FIG. 4 is a partial outline view of a climbing wall module with a climbing hold in accordance with the disclosure. FIG. 5 is a partial outline vie