Portable swing assembly

A portable swing assembly, comprising:

• a) a swing designed to accommodate at least one person, comprising, I) a seat and back rest, both of which have identical rectangular shaped frames which are made of lightweight, hollow, cylindrical metal tubing, the frames each having at least one planar side which is covered by a plurality of spaced, narrow and relatively thin slats, II) means for hinging adjacent inner sides of the seat and back rest tubular frames for rotation between an open position, where the slats on the frames are exposed for contact with a person sitting on the swing, and a closed position, where the frames are folded together where the slats of the frames abut each other, and III) a pair of conventional eye bolts secured in spaced relation on the outer side of the tubular frame of the back rest farthest spaced from the hinge side of the frame,
• b) a support frame for supporting the swing, comprising, IV) a rigid, hollow cylindrical cross beam from which the swing is suspended, the cross beam having a pair of conventional eye bolts which are detachably fastened to the cross beam and which extend therefrom in the direction of the eye bolts on the back rest of the swing, V) a pair of similar, but oppositely disposed inverted V-frames supporting the cross beam between them, each of the inverted V-frames including a pair of legs which converge towards each other in the direction of the cross bean and terminate at a hub to which adjacent ends of the legs and cross beam are detachably fastened by fasteners of the group of cinch pins and spring loaded button catch type fasteners, each of the legs being composed of two identical hollow cylindrical leg sections which have the same length, and inside and outside diameters, VI) means for detachably joining and maintaining the leg sections in rigid, axially aligned, abutting end-to-end relation, said means including, I) a rigid, hollow cylindrical sleeve which has an outer diameter which is slightly less than the inside diameter of the leg sections, such that the sleeve will fit snugly within the leg sections, the sleeve being sufficiently long to span the joint between the leg sections and make the joint rigid, and ii) means for detachably fastening each sleeve and adjacent ends of the leg sections together, said means including fasteners of the group of cinch pins and spring loaded bullet catch type fasteners, and VII) the support frame being dismantled into a number of individual parts, the inverted V-frames diverge in a direction away from the cross beam, such that the included angle between them is about 20 degrees, the legs of each inverted V-frame also diverge in a direction away from the cross beam, such that the included angle between them is about 40 degrees, such angular relationships produced by the 3-way hubs, each of which hubs has portions thereof to which the cross beam and pair of legs are detachably fastened in axial alignment with axes of said portions, the first and second axes of the portions to which the legs are fastened being angularly disposed, such that the include angle between said first and second axes is 40 degrees, excluding manufacturing tolerances, and the third axis of the portion to which the cross beam is fastened being angularly disposed to the first and second axes, such that the include angle between intersecting planes containing the first and second axes and the third axis is 100 degrees, excluding manufacturing tolerances, and the free end of each leg includes a detachable foot which is composed of a material of the group of rubber, plastic and metal materials:
• c) a pair of arm rests detachably fastened to the swing at opposing sides thereof, each of the arm rests having an eye bolt for securing the arm rest to the respective link chain, each of the arm rests having a cross section of the group of circular, square and rectangular cross sections,
• d) means coacting between the eye bolts on the arm rest, swing and cross beam for suspending the swing from the cross beam, such that the swing is open and the seat thereof is generally horizonal in a still position, said means including at least one pair of link chain and
• e) a hand held carrying case for receiving the folded seat and back rest, the cross beam, the hubs, the leg sections and sleeves, the arm rests and the link chains of the swing assembly.