Patent ID: 6348005
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
A swing assembly comprising:a support frame unit including a pair of spaced-apart side legs with lower end portions adapted to be supported on a ground surface, and upper end portions, and a horizontal bar interconnecting said upper end portions of said side legs; a pair of linking units spaced-apart along a longitudinal direction of said horizontal bar, each of said linking units having an upper end connected pivotally to said horizontal bar, and a lower end; and a seat unit disposed among said side legs and said horizontal bar, said seat unit including: a rectangular base frame connected pivotally to said lower ends of said linking units, said base frame including a pair of lateral frame sections disposed adjacent to said side legs of said support frame unit, respectively, and front and rear rods parallel to said horizontal bar and interconnecting said lateral frame sections; a seat frame having a front end portion resting on said front rod of said base frame, and a rear end portion; a backrest frame having a front end portion connected pivotally to said rear end portion of said seat frame, a rear end portion, and an intermediate portion between said front and rear end portions of said backrest frame, said backrest frame being further pivoted to said lateral frame sections of said base frame so as to be pivotable relative to said seat frame and said base frame for moving between a flat position, in which said rear end portion of said backrest frame rests on said rear rod of said base frame and in which said backrest frame is coplanar with said seat frame, and an inclined position, in which said rear end portion of said backrest frame is raised to be disposed above said rear rod of said base frame and in which said backrest frame is inclined relative to said seat frame; a backrest support having an upper end pivoted to said intermediate portion of said backrest frame, and a lower end; and a retaining unit mounted on said rear rod of said base frame for releasably retaining said lower end of said backrest support so as to retain releasably said backrest frame at the inclined position.