Patio swing

A patio swing comprising a frame, a seat having a substantially horizontal lower portion and an upwardly extending forwardly facing back portion, said frame comprising right and left elongated upright side support assemblies at the right and left sides of said seat respectively, and extending higher than said seat, said side support assemblies each having lower end portions extending below said seat, a bottom assembly connecting said lower portions of said side support assemblies, each side support assembly having forward and rearward upright post portions, said side support assemblies each having an upper end portion, a flexible suspending means connecting said upper end portions of said right and left side supports to right and left sides of said seat whereby said seat swings in an arc forwardly and rearwardly with respect to said posts, right and left upper supporting means attached to said right and left side supports respectively and having thereon right and left support points respectively, said right and left support points being disposed inwardly toward the center of said seat from said right and left side supports respectively, said flexible suspending means being connected to said right and left support points respectively, said seat being substantially spaced from said posts for avoiding collisions therewith during swinging, said bottom assembly being connected to said side support assembly by means of four attaching members bolted to lower end portions of said support assembly upright post portions respectively, said attaching members being ridgedly secured to said bottom assembly, said bottom assembly comprising at least one substantially horizontal first frame member extending from right to left under said seat, each of said attaching members being in contact with its respective upright post portion at at least two points, said two points being vertically spaced with respect to each other a distance substantially greater than the average vertical dimension of said first frame member for strong support of the respective upright post portion so that economically light post portions will be strong enough.

A patio swing comprising a frame, a seat having a substantially horizontal lower portion and an upwardly extending back portion, said frame comprising right and left elongated upright side support assemblies at the right and left sides of said seat respectively, and extending higher than said seat, said side support assemblies each having lower end portions extending below said seat, a bottom assembly connecting said lower portions of said side support assemblies, each side support assembly having forward and rearward upright post portions, said side support assemblies each having an upper end portion, a flexible suspending means connecting said upper end portions of said right and left side supports to right and left sides of said seat whereby said seat swings in an arc forwardly and rearwardly with respect to said posts, right and left upper supporting means attached to said right and left side supports respectively and having thereon right and left support points respectively, said right and left support points being disposed inwardly toward the center of said seat from said right and left side supports respectively, said flexible suspending means being connected to said right and left support points respectively, said seat being substantially spaced from said posts for avoiding collisions therewith during swinging, said upright post portions being connected by interconnection means, an intermediate part of each of said interconnection means being adjacent said right and left support points, at least parts of each of said interconnection means lying along straight lines inclining downwardly and outwardly toward respective upright post portions, said swing being free of rigid frame means interconnecting the upper ends of said right and left upright side support assemblies.