Swing apparatus

A swing apparatus for amusement and exercising, comprising:

• a generally rectangular horizontal seat having two vertical, space parallel flexible cables secured thereo;
• a cross bar member connected with the vertical cables to maintain the two cables spaced and parallel;
• a ring means connected with the two cables;
• a hook member having a spring biased closure pin for releasable receiving the ring means and an eye member attached to the hook member through a swivel joint;
• a single vertical cable member having a first loop through which the eye member is connected and a second loop connected to a ring for supporting the swing apparatus;
• the cross bar member having openings at opposite ends, for receiving one of the two spaced flexible cables in each of the openings;
• the spaced flexible cables including a first cable secured with one side of the seat and extending upwardly through one of the openings in the cross bar member, and extending upwardly at an angle and secured to the ring means and a second cable secured to the ring means and extending downwardly at an angle to the cross bar member and downwardly to the other side of the seat and secured thereto;
• the cables including knots therein just below the cross member bar openings to maintain the cross bar member horizontal at a predetermined position;
• and the generally rectangular horizontal seat having inverted U-shaped connectors extending through openings at each side thereof for connecting the seat with the first and second cables;
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• said generally rectangular, horizontal seat having rectangular recesses on the lower seat surface for receiving reinforcing strap members that have the same general dimensions as the recesses and that are connected with the inverted U-shaped connectors.