Patent ID: 7971933

Claim:
A child swing comprising: a frame assembly operable to induce a reciprocal movement relative to said frame assembly; and a seat assembly including a hanger apparatus connected to said frame assembly so as to be operable to move in a reciprocal manner relative to said frame assembly, said seat assembly including: a base member mounted on a distal end of said hanger apparatus, said base member including a top plate having an upwardly extending mounting protrusion located generally centrally thereon and a base shell meeting said top plate at an arcuate interface defining a track, said mounting protrusion including a latch member; a seat carrier having a receiver structure formed generally centrally on a lower portion thereof to mate with said mounting protrusion to permit said seat carrier to be detachably mountable on said base member for reciprocal movement with said base member and said hanger apparatus, said receiver structure including a latch opening engagable by said latch member to secure said seat carrier to said base member, said seat carrier and said attached top plate being movable along said track in a fore-and-aft direction relative to said base shell to allow said seat carrier to be oriented in a selected recline position; and a latch actuation mechanism on said seat carrier including: an external actuation member accessible on an exterior side of said seat carrier: an actuator mounted within said receiver structure adjacent said latch opening, said actuator being spring-biased away from said latch opening; and links connecting said actuation member and said actuator such that a manipulation of said actuation member can affect movement of said actuator against the spring bias exerted thereon to engage said latch member and cause deflection thereof out of said latch opening.