Patent ID: 8651968

Claim:
An amusement apparatus, comprising: an elongate member includes an upper extremity and a lower extremity with a pivot point; a self-contained child-supporting assembly is mounted to the elongate member for rotation thereabout between the upper extremity and the lower extremity, the child-supporting assembly includes a seat to receive a child in a sitting position, handles available to be taken up by hand by a child seated on the seat, and footrests available to provide foot support for a child seated on the seat; a leveraging arm extends outwardly and away from the upper extremity of the elongate member to an outer end; the leveraging arm has a transverse handle between the upper extremity of the elongate member and the outer end of the leveraging arm, and an upright handle at the outer end of the leveraging arm; and the leveraging arm is available to be taken up and held at the transverse handle and the upright handle to reciprocally pivot the elongate member at the pivot point formed in the lower extremity of the elongate member to impart rotation to the child-supporting assembly about the elongate member.