Swing having seat units with tiltable backrests
AssigneeTaiwan Shin Yeh Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorChuen-Jong Tseng
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Abstract
A swing includes two seat units swingably connected to an upright support frame through suspending members. Each seat unit includes a seat frame disposed between inner and outer side frames, and a backrest frame pivoted to the seat frame. Inner and outer engaging plates are fixed respectively to the inner and outer side frames, and are each formed with a plurality of intercommunicated engaging grooves. Inner and outer operating arms are respectively disposed adjacent to the engaging plates. Each of the operating arms has a rear arm section pivoted to the backrest frame and a front arm section formed with an engaging tongue that engages a selected one of the engaging grooves in the respective engaging plate.
Claims2
A swing comprising:
- a pair of seat units, each of said seat units including
- front and rear connecting rods extending in a longitudinal direction,
- spaced apart inverted U-shaped inner and outer side frames extending in a transverse direction relative to said longitudinal direction and respectively having inner and outer front legs connected to said front connecting rod, and inner and outer rear legs connected to said rear connecting rod,
- a seat frame disposed between said inner and outer side frames,
- a first pivot,
- a backrest frame extending upwardly from and pivoted to said seat frame through said first pivot, and
- an inclination-adjusting unit including a second pivot that is parallel to and that is disposed at an elevation above said first pivot, opposite inner and outer engaging plates that are fixed respectively to said inner and outer side frames and that extend in said transverse direction, and opposite elongated inner and outer operating arms extending in said transverse direction and disposed respectively adjacent to said inner and outer engaging plates, each of said inner and outer engaging plates being formed with a plurality of intercommunicated engaging grooves, each of said inner and outer operating arms having a rear arm section pivoted to said backrest frame through the second pivot, and a front arm section formed with an engaging tongue that extends transversely therefrom and that engages a selected one said engaging grooves in a respective one of said engaging plates, thereby positioning said backrest frame at a desired angle relative to said seat frame;
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- an upright support frame having opposite top and bottom ends, and left and right suspending members having upper ends connected swingably to said top end of said support frame, and lower ends connected swingably and respectively to said outer side frames of said seat units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.