Protective cover for a hinged connection

A glide swing and protective cover assembly comprising:

• a horizontal beam member;
• a hanger bracket;
• a pair of hanger bars depending from said hanger bracket in parallel relation and being pivotally mounted thereon for swinging motion through an angular range from a vertical orientation, said vertical orientation defining the maximum span of said hanger bars;
• a pair of mirror-image caps each having a concavo-convex wall including an outer circumference and a central portion;
• collar means presented from said central portion to be rotatably supported on said horizontal beam member;
• a peripheral wall extending along the outer circumference of said wall;
• each said peripheral wall being recessed along a circumferential extent that is substantially equal to the maximum span of said hanger bars;
• a plurality of fastener means for securing the mirror image caps together with the peripheral walls on said caps being disposed in abutment, said collar means being axially aligned and said recesses defining a slot within which said hanger bars may be received;
• said slot having first and second ends;
• the circumferential distance between the first and second ends of said slot being circumferentially spaced a distance sufficient to accommodate the hanger bars at their maximum span;
• and,
• said hanger bars contacting said ends to cause said cover assembly to rotate on said support beam as said hanger bars are swung.