Convertible swinging seat
OwnerGary C Kromer, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Various implementations include a convertible swinging seat assembly. The assembly includes a seat and at least four suspenders. The seat includes four segments. A first end of a second segment is pivotably coupled to a second end of the first segment at a first joint. A first end of a third segment is pivotably coupled to a second end of the second segment at a second joint. A first end of a fourth segment is pivotably coupled to a second end of the third segment at a third joint. The first, second, and third joints are independently pivotable relative to each other. The suspenders each have a first suspender portion and a second suspender portion. The second suspender portion of each suspender is coupled to a different one of the first, second, third, and fourth segments.
Claims17
A convertible swinging seat assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a seat comprising:
- a first segment having a first end and a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end of the first segment;
- a second segment having a first end and a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end of the second segment, wherein the first end of the second segment is pivotably coupled to the second end of the first segment at a first joint;
- a third segment having a first end and a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end of the third segment, wherein the first end of the third segment is pivotably coupled to the second end of the second segment at a second joint;
- a fourth segment having a first end and a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end of the fourth segment, wherein the first end of the fourth segment is pivotably coupled to the second end of the third segment at a third joint,
- wherein the first joint, the second joint, and the third joint are independently pivotable relative to each other,
- wherein the second joint includes a second primary hard stop, wherein an end portion of the third segment includes a rabbet having a shoulder, the shoulder having a first shoulder portion, wherein the first shoulder portion and an end portion of the second segment form the second primary hard stop, wherein the end portion of the second segment is configured to abut the first shoulder portion to prevent over-rotation of the second joint in a first rotational direction beyond a plane defined by the second segment and a plane defined by the third segment being parallel to each other, and
- wherein the second joint includes a second secondary hard stop, wherein the shoulder has a second shoulder portion, wherein the second shoulder portion and an edge portion of the second segment form the second secondary hard stop, wherein the edge portion of the second segment is configured to abut the second shoulder portion to prevent over-rotation of the second joint in a second rotational direction beyond a predetermined angle formed by the plane defined by the second segment and the plane defined by the third segment;
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- at least four suspenders each having a first suspender portion and a second suspender portion opposite and spaced apart from the first suspender portion, wherein the second suspender portion of a first suspender is coupled to the first segment, the second suspender portion of a second suspender is coupled to the second segment, the second suspender portion of a third suspender is coupled to the third segment, and the second suspender portion of a fourth suspender is coupled to the fourth segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.