Improvements in Children's Swings.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan.. 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Swings.
PHILIP JAMES JOB, 20 Silverlands Road St. Leonards-on-Sea, and PEROY
BENSON HARRISON SEABROOK Broomfield Chelmsford, Merchants, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to a swing which protects the child from falling and from
being able without assistance to get out of the swing. We construct it in the following
manner-The seat is made square or rounded as may be desired, and is of a solid or
perforated piece of wood or other suitable material. The seat is ordinarily upholstered
and covered with cloth, canvas, or other suitable material, but we may also use a plain,
or a polished wood, seat. The sides and back of the swing are made of strong canvas
or other suitable material, and ordinarily in one piece, although we may use more
than one piece or strips. The suspending cords are six or more in number and are
woven and may be flat or round, and may be made of elastic or otherwise, and they
ordinarily reach to the bottom of the seat thereby giving increased strength. The
cords are fastened at the top with rings; and hooks are provided to easily attach to
woodwork anywhere in rooms, verandahs etc. We make the front with two or more
rows of elastic web fitted with patent safety buckles or other secure device.
11000
PHILIP J. JOB.
P. B. H. SEABROOK.
Improvements in Children's Swings.
WE PHILIP JAMES JOB late of 20 Silverlands Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea and
PEROY BENSON HARRISON SEABROOK late of Broomfield Chelmsford, but now both
of 16 Holborn Viaduct, in the City of London, Merchants, do hereby declare the
nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of our invention is to effect improvements in swings for children,
whereby the child is prevented from falling out of the swing, or being able to
extricate itself therefrom without assistance, the swing being made in a portable
form, and collapsible, when not in use.
According to our invention, we construct the back and sides of the swing of canvas,
sailcloth or other suitable material, stiffened or otherwise, and provide the same with
straps and buckles whereby the child is rigidly supported in the swing, the seat being
of wood, perforated, upholstered, or covered with a suitable material.
The swing is suspended by four or more cords, webs or the like which are
secured, at their lower ends, to the seat of the swing whereby the canvas or other
fabric or material backing and sides of the swing are not subjected to the suspensory
strains.

page_text: And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a swing
constructed according to our invention.
a is the seat to which the canvas or other flexible sides 6 are attached, the latter
being provided with straps c, preferably of elastic webbing, buckles, hooks and eyes
or other suitable fastenings d and means for adjusting the lengths of the straps such
as g. The seat is suspended by four or more webs, cords or the like e, six webbing
suspenders being shown on the drawing.
The upper ends of the webbing or other suspending medium are provided with
rings for engaging with suitable hooks secured to the ceiling or door frame of a
room or a branch of a tree, or a portable frame or other means of support.
The lower ends pass down inside or outside the flexible sides and are secured to the
seat as well as stitched or otherwise attached to the sides. The suspending medium is
preferably of a flat woven webbing, elastic or otherwise.
It will thus be seen that the child is supported on the seat by the flexible sides which
when drawn in by the straps or the like and fastened, renders it impossible for the
child to fall out or to extricate itself.
The improved swing is readily folded together and stored in a box when not in
use and thus occupies less storage room than other swings of a similar nature.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improved swing for children, substantially as set forth.
2. In swings for children, the combination, with a seat a of flexible canvas, sail
cloth, or other sides b, webbing or other straps c and fastenings d and g therefor and
webbing or other woven or knitted suspending medium e elastic or otherwise,
substantially as described and illustrated by the drawing.
3. In swings for children, the application and use of canvas, sailcloth, or other
flexible sides and webbing or other straps, elastic or otherwise, substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described.
Dated 29th January 1897
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.