US 11,911,707 B2
Rotatable play device
Brian Henry, Fort Payne, AL (US); Kim Blackwood, Boaz, AL (US); Emily Mauermann, Chattanooga, TN (US); and Thomas Norquist, Fort Payne, AL (US)
Assigned to PLAYCORE WISCONSIN, INC., Chattanooga, TN (US)
Filed by PlayCore Wisconsin, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/844,501.
Application 17/844,501 is a continuation of application No. 17/116,162, filed on Dec. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,364,445.
Application 17/116,162 is a continuation of application No. 16/580,473, filed on Sep. 24, 2019, granted, now 10,881,971, issued on Jan. 5, 2021.
Application 16/580,473 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/512,575, filed on Jul. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,835,831, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Application 16/512,575 is a continuation of application No. 15/877,015, filed on Jan. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,391,409, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 15/877,015 is a continuation of application No. 15/363,820, filed on Nov. 29, 2016, granted, now 9,873,057, issued on Jan. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/735,673, filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/406,791, filed on Oct. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314131 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A63G 1/28 (2006.01); A63G 9/12 (2006.01); A63G 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 1/28 (2013.01) [A63G 1/14 (2013.01); A63G 9/12 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A swing assembly configured to provide a swing seat with a range of motion, the swing assembly comprising:
a hub;
a plurality of arms extending away from the hub, each arm having a distal end supporting a seat;
a plurality of seats, each seat being suspended from the distal end of one of the plurality of arms;
one or more springs configured to provide each of the plurality of arms with an up-and-down movement;
wherein the swing assembly is configured so that an occupant of a seat may
(iii) swing
b) in a direction parallel with a longitudinal axis of the arm from which the seat is suspended,
d) in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the arm from which the seat is suspended, or
e) both a) and b); and
(iv) actuate at least one of the one or more springs, such that the distal end of the arm from which the seat is suspended moves up and down; and
wherein the swing assembly further comprises one or more motion limiters, each motion limiter being configured to limit the swinging motion of one of the plurality of seats, and wherein the seat is connected to the distal end of the arm by the motion limiter.