Swing

• US 4,351,524 A
• Filed: 07/10/1980
• Issued: 09/28/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ABRA Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ABRA Incorporated
• Inventors: Gomes, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Pinkham, Richard C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, T.
• Application Number:
  US06/168,198
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: 272/85, 272/75, 272/86, 272/87, 272/88, 272/89, 272/90, 272/91, 272/92, 297/273-280
• US Class Current: 472/124
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 3/0255 pivotally mounted in the base frame, e.g. swings

Abstract

A swing according to the present invention includes a pair of side frame members, a sling forming at least one seat well and seat back, a first suspension system for supporting the sling from the side frame members and for adjusting the depth of the seat well and the length of the seat back, and a second suspension system for pivotally supporting the side frame members from an overhead support structure and for adjusting the inclination of the side frame members to recline the seat assembly. The second suspension system includes a pair of elongated support strands, each having its ends connected to one of the side frame members, a pair of pulleys, each for rotatably receiving one of the strands, and adjustment blocks movably carried on each strand for establishing strand lengths between the side frame members and the pulleys to raise and lower the ends of the side frame members and maintain a desired angle of inclination thereof. The swing is suspendable from an overhead support stand which, according to the present invention, includes a cross bar having hollow ends, four elongated columns, each having at least one hollow end, and two corner braces for removably joining the ends of the cross bar to the leg columns.

Claims

1. A swing, comprising a frame, a seat assembly including a sling forming at least one seat well and seat back, first and second elongated bars connected to opposed sides of the sling for engaging the frame, the frame including two elongated side members for supporting the sling therebetween, means for variably positioning each of the first and second elongated bars in at least two different positions relative to the ends of the side members to vary the depth of the seat well and the length of the seat back, the position of the first bar determining the depth of the seat well and the position of the second bar determining the length of the seat back, and suspension means for pivotally supporting the frame from an overhead support structure and for adjusting the inclination of the frame to recline the seat assembly, the suspension means including a pair of support strands connected to the frame on both sides of the seat assembly, a pair of pulleys each rotatably receiving one of the strands to allow movement of the strands, and adjustment blocks movably carried on each strand for establishing strand lengths between the pulleys and the frame to raise and lower portions of the frame and maintain a desired angle of inclination thereof.

2. The swing as recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one armrest, means for pivotally connecting the armrest to one of the frame side members, and means for adjusting the elevation and angle of inclination of the armrest relative to the seat assembly.

3. The swing as recited in claim 2 wherein the armrest includes an arcuate section having a shape generally the same as the seat well cross-sectional contour to thereby provide a side panel to the seat well.

4. The swing as recited in claim 3, further comprising a table surface including support means for removably and movably engaging the arm rest.

5. The swing as recited in claim 4 wherein the table surface support means includes a channel for frictionally engaging the top of the armrest to allow the table surface to be slidably moved away from and toward the seat assembly along the armrest.

6. The swing as recited in claim 5, further comprising a footrest and means for connecting the footrest to the frame side members, the footrest includes two side support members extending downwardly from the frame side members and a third elongated bar removably engaging the side support members.

7. The swing as recited in claim 6 wherein each of the footrest side support members includes a longitudinally extending slot for engaging the ends of the first elongated bar when positioned in either of its two different positions and means for variably positioning the third elongated bar in a plurality of positions along the support members relative to the seat assembly.

8. The swing as recited in claim 1, further comprising a canopy assembly and means for removably attaching the sides of the canopy assembly to the adjustment blocks carried on the support strands to suspend the canopy assembly above the seat assembly.

9. The swing as recited in claim 8 wherein the canopy assembly includes a front section and a rear section and two side support members, the front section includes means formed at its corners for engaging ends of the side support members to support the front section, and the rear section includes means formed in spaced relationship to its corners for engaging the other ends of the side support members and the support strands to support the rear section and form a movable rear wind flap.

10. The swing as recited in claim 9 wherein each of the adjustment blocks is circular and includes two radially positioned upper apertures and two radially positioned lower apertures for threading the support strands therethrough and a central aperture having a generally keyhole shape for receiving and retaining knotted ties attached to sides of the canopy assembly.

11. The swing as recited in claim 10 wherein the two lower apertures are spaced further apart than the two upper apertures.

12. A swing, comprising an overhead support stand which includes two corner braces, a removable cross bar sleeved onto each of the corner braces, and two removable legs sleeved onto and angularly extending from each of the corner braces, each of the corner braces includes a first member having an inverted V-shape and having two arms extending angularly from an apex for engaging the two removable legs, a second member extending angularly from the apex of the first member for engaging the cross bar, and means for connecting the first member to the second member, a frame, a seat assembly including a sling forming a seat well and back, first and second elongated bars connected to opposed sides of the sling for engaging the frame, the frame including two elongated side members for supporting the sling therebetween and means for variably positioning each of the first and second elongated bars in at least two different positions relative to the ends of the side members to vary the depth of the seat well and the length of the seat back, the position of the first bar determining the depth of the seat well and the position of the second bar determining the length of the seat back, and suspension means for pivotally supporting the frame from the second member of the corner braces of the overhead support stand and adjustably reclining the seat assembly, the suspension means including a pair of support strands connected to the frame on both sides of the seat assembly, a pair of pulleys coupled to the cross bar, each pulley receiving one of the strands, and adjustment means movably carried on each strand for establishing strand lengths between the pulleys and the frame to raise and lower portions of the frame and maintain a desired angle of inclination thereof.

13. The swing as recited in claim 12 wherein the means for connecting the first and second members of the corner braces includes a third member connected to a portion of the second member and connected to the apex and arms of the first member.

14. The swing as recited in claim 13 wherein the cross bar and second member of the corner braces include means for cooperatively limiting engagement therebetween to provide a section of the second member for supporting the suspension means for the frame.

15. A swing, comprising in combination a pair of side frame members, a sling forming at least one seat well and seat back, first suspension means for supporting the sling from the side frame members and for adjusting the depth of the seat well and the length of the seat back, the first suspension means including first and second elongated bars connected to opposed sides of the sling for engaging the frame, the frame including means for variably positioning each of the first and second elongated bars in at least two different positions relative to the ends of the side members, the position of the first bar determining the depth of the seat well and the position of the second bar determining the length of the seat back, and second suspension means for pivotally supporting the side frame members from an overhead support structure and for adjusting the inclination of the side frame members to recline the sling, the second suspension means including a pair of elongated support strands, each having its ends connected to one of the side frame members, a pair of pulleys for rotatably receiving the strands to allow movement of the strands, and means engaging the strands for adjusting the strand lengths from its ends to the pulleys to correspondingly raise and lower the ends of each side frame member and adjust the reclining position of the seat assembly.