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2023 marks 100 years since former Winnetka, Illinois, resident Sebastian Hinton patented his “climbing gym” for children, a playground staple that would later be known as the jungle gym. “Almost every child has climbed on, crawled under or fell off a jungle gym,” Executive Director of the Winnetka Historical Society Mary Trieshmann said. “Since we’ve announced the 100 year anniversary of the ...
2023 marks 100 years since the patent was approved for the very first jungle gym invented by Winnetkan Sebastian Hinton.
How weird exactly? Well, monkey bars were originally referred to by their inventor as an ‘accessory monkey runway.’ So, yeah.
The history of the jungle gym, and its sibling the monkey bars, is full of weird and delightful twists and sub-plots that take us from Japan to suburban Chicago and delve into theoretical math.
The history of the jungle gym, and its sibling the monkey bars, is full of weird and delightful twists and sub-plots that take us from Japan to suburban Chicago and delve into theoretical math.