Face-to-face Seats Suspended To Oscillate Patents (Class 297/77)
  • Patent number: 5902187
    Abstract: A portable lawn swing which has a relatively stable frame of a simple construction and lightweight for transportability purposes. The inventive device includes an X-member, four base members attached to the ends of the X-member, four legs attached to the base members, a plurality of support members pivotally attached to an upper portion of the legs which support a pair of seats, a pair of screens attached below the pair of seats, a plurality of cup holders, and at least one bar pivotally attached to a leg which is selectively engageable to a support member for preventing movement of the pair of seats. The X-member comprises a pair of U-shaped members centrally attached to one another forming an X-shape. The pair of U-shaped members retain the legs in the desired position thereby preventing them from moving during use of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Inventor: Gary Boring
  • Patent number: 4190283
    Abstract: A play gym comprising a horizontal bar from which swings and other rides are suspended is supported at its opposite ends by legs. Special pivot joints connect the pairs of legs to the horizontal bar which permit each pair of legs to be folded together and against the horizontal bar so that the gym can assume a stick-like configuration. When the legs are unfolded to support the horizontal bar, parts of the pivot joints engage the ends of the horizontal bar thereby preventing end-wise movement and racking of the play gym. Provision is also made for substituting one pair of legs by a horizontal pivot arrangement which can be secured to a vertical support so that the gym can be used in a small area and be folded out of the way against the support when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Assignee: Hedstrom Co.
    Inventor: Raymond W. Boucher