US1825457A - Swing - Google Patents

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Sept. 29, 1931. H. F. HOFFMAN SWING Filed Sept. 29, 1930 IerbertfLFofiM all,

Patented fiept. 29, 193i lJNlTE. STATES PATENT OFFICE SWING Application filed September 29, 1930. Serial No. M35933.

My said invention relates to a swing and it is an object of the same to provide a construction which shall be particularly fitted for use of smaller children in that the parts I are few and simple, affording a safe and steady support for the user while allowing much freedom of movement in the desired direction and being well fitted to afiord a maximum swinging effect in the desired di- 11 rection with a minimum of effort.

Referring to the drawings, which are made a part of this application and in which similar reference characters indicate similar parts:

Fig. 1 is a perspective showing my device in operative position,

Fig. 2, a side elevation, and

Fig. 3, a rear elevation, parts being omitted from each figure for clarity of disclosure.

in the drawings reference character in dicates a beam or other support to which are secured a pair of hooks 11, 11 carrying chains 12, 12. The chains are connected at their lower ends to bolts 13, 13 which form parts of a rigid frame work comprising said, bolts, a bottom bar 14 which serves as a foot support and a pair of iL- shaped members 15, 15 secured at their lower ends to the foot support 14 in any suitable manner, extending then vertically upward and being flared outwardly at their upper ends as indicated at 16, thus providing ample leg-room between the L-shaped members on the one hand and the parts 13, 14 on the other.

The members 15 are connected by a bolt 17 which serves as a pivot for a swingable upright 18 having at its upper end a handle, here shown as comprising a bar 19 with hand holds 20 at opposite ends thereof. This upright 13 has a seat member 21 secured thereto, preferably at a point some distance above the pivot 17 and this seat member is relatively wide at its rear end and narrower at the front end. A brace 22 is secured at its inner lower end to the lower end of the upright 18, extending then upwardly and rearwardly to the seat. The brace preferably has a flattened portion 23 for supporting the seat, which flattened portion will ordinarily be fastened to the seat member. A chain,

rope or the like 24: is attached to the seat member 21 in any suitable way and extends thence upwardly to any suitable fixed upper support.

It will be noted that the hand support and the seat are in rigid relation to one another, they being both fixed to the upright 18, thereby permitting the user to swing-with the minimum of change of position of the parts of the body. The pivot 17 being below the seat and below the center of the support member gives the user a desirable purchase for causing the swing to operate with comparatively little exertion, since the greater the distance between the hand support and the bolt 17 the easier it is for the operator to cause the swing to oscillate. By connecting the handle to a member independent of the chains it is possible tosecure a see-saw action altogether independent of the chains and thereby to have a freer swinging movement. Other advantages will be obvious to those skilled in the art and it will also be obvious that many changes may be made in the form and relation of parts all without departing from the spirit of the invention; therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A swing comprising a foot support, a pair of L-shaped members attached at their lower ends to the foot support and having their upper ends flaring away from each other, bolts connecting the outer ends of the foot member to the adjacent outer ends of the respective L-shaped members, flexible supporting devices connected to said bolts, a bolt connecting said IL-shaped members near said foot member, an upright pivoted on said lastnamed bolt, a handle member on said upright, a seat extending rearwardly from said upright above the pivot thereof, and a flexible support connected to the rear end of said seat, substantially as set forth.

2. A swing comprising a rigid frame having suspending means, an upright pivoted on 2 mamas? the frame, said upright having handle means and a seat rigidly secured thereto, and suspending means secured to the seat at a sufficient distance from said upright to provide 5 space for a user between said last-named suspending means and said upright, substantially as set forth.

3. In a swing, a seat, an upright at the front end of the seat, handle means on said upright, frame members to which the upright is pivoted, a foot support fixed to said frame members, suspending means connected to the foot member at their outer ends said frame members being bowed out to connect to said suspending means and also to provide leg room above the foot support, and suspending means for the rear end of the seat, substantially as set forth.

4. A swing comprising a rigid frame providing foot supporting means and a pivot above the same, suspending means for said frame member, a rigid device mounted on said pivot on the frame said device comprising a seat and a handle, and suspending means for said seat in spaced relation to said pivot. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HERBERT F. HOFFMAN.

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