Patent ID: 8376294

Claim:
A tire swing swivel assembly comprising: a clamp assembly adapted to be secured to a header tube; the clamp assembly comprising a bottom member; and a pair of spaced apart lugs extending downwardly from the bottom member; the lugs defining aligned openings; a swivel first member comprising a body having a front and back surfaces; side surfaces, a bottom surface and a pair of spaced-apart lugs extending downwardly from the bottom surface; said body having a side-to-side width sized to be received between said clamp assembly lugs; a through-hole extending through said body, and aligned openings in said lugs; an upper pivot pin which extends through said through-hole of said swivel first member and the openings of said clamp lugs to pivotally connect said swivel first member to said clamp assembly; whereby said swivel first member can pivot in a first direction relative to an axis of the header tube; a swivel second member comprising a body having an upper portion and a lower portion, a flange extending outwardly proximate a bottom of said lower portion; and a through-hole extending through said upper, portion; at least said lower portion being generally circular in cross-section; a lower pivot pin which extends through said through-hole of said swivel second member and the openings of said lugs of said swivel first member to pivotally connect said swivel second member to said swivel first member; whereby said swivel second member can pivot in a second direction relative to the axis of the header tube; said second direction being different from said first direction; and a tether; said tether having opposite ends secured to opposite sides of said lower pivot pin; said tether being sized to extend over said header tube and being sufficiently strong to support a tire swing, the swivel assembly, and anyone on the tire swing should the swivel assembly catastrophically fail.