Add-on-hand-powered swinging mechanism for a porch swing or the

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1996-08-06

1998-01-27

Nguyen, Kien T.

Amusement devices

Swing

Having hand operator

472118, A63G 918

Patent

active

057117144

ABSTRACT:
An add-on hand-powered swinging mechanism for a porch swing or the like including an extension bar securable to a fixed surface adjacent the existing porch swing at one end thereof and having a pulley connection mechanism at a second end thereof; a pulley assembly, detachably mountable to an end of the extension bar, including an extension bar connecting mechanism and a pulley wheel rotatably mounted within a pulley bracket; a cable assembly including a handle member, a cable guide having a mechanism for securing the cable guide to the back of the existing porch swing, and a cable having a first end secured to the handle member, a central section positionable through the cable guide mechanism and a second end split into two rope members, each rope member including a rope member attaching mechanism for attaching each rope mechanism to the back of the existing porch swing. In a preferred embodiment the swing mechanism further includes a cable length adjustment mechanism to allow the user to adjust the length of the cable member and thereby adjust the height of the handle member to a desired level.

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patent: 372117 (1887-10-01), Carmody
patent: 1238920 (1917-09-01), Jochumsen
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patent: 1748353 (1930-02-01), Kuchera
patent: 3090273 (1963-05-01), Fox
patent: 3480272 (1969-11-01), Ziebart
patent: 3889944 (1975-06-01), Sapienza

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