Patent ID: 6958017

Claim:
A portable swing assembly, comprising: a) a swing which includes; I) a seat which has a lightweight, rigid metal frame which has one side thereof covered by a plurality of narrow and relatively thin slats which are secured in spaced relation to the frame on the one side, the seat being designed to receive and hold at least one person sitting on the slats of the seat, II) a back rest which has a metal frame that is identical to that of the seat and, likewise, has one side similarly covered with similar slats, II) means for hinging the seat and back rest together for rotation between an open position, where the back rest is vertically inclined at an angle of at least 90 degrees from the seat when the seat is horizontal, and a closed position where the slats of the seat and back rest are folded against each other, b) a frame for supporting the swing, the support frame, including, IV) a sturdy cross beam from which the swing is suspended, V) a pair of inverted V-frames at opposing ends of the cross beam for supporting the cross beam, each of the inverted V-frames having a pair of legs which converge towards each other in the direction of the cross beam, the legs of each pair of legs terminating at a rigid 3-way hub to which adjacent converged ends of the legs and cross beam are detachably fastened, the hubs holding the legs of each pair of legs in predetermined, fixed angular relation and in a plane which is also in predetermined fixed angular relation to the plane of the cross bean, such that each of the inverted V-frames are free of any cross ties which are secured between the legs of each inverted V-frame to prevent spreading thereof, each of the legs being comprised of a pair of identical leg sections and means for detachably joining each pair of leg sections in rigid, axially aligned end-to-end relation; and c) link chains detachably fastened to the swing and cross beam for suspending the swing from the cross beam, such that the seat will be in a generally horizontal still position, when the swing is not swinging, the portable swing assembly, when dismantled into it's essential components of a seat, back rest, support beam, hub, legs and chains, fits into a carrying case in which the dismantled swing assembly can be transported, by hand, from one place to another.