Infant swing with vibration
View Patent ↗A swing includes a mechanism for providing a vibrating motion to the infant suspended in the swing seat. The swing includes a swing support, a child-receiving seat, a swing arm, and a vibration mechanism. The swing arm is coupled to the seat and has a first end that is pivotally connected to the support. The vibration mechanism is disposed to impart a vibrating motion to the seat.
1. A swing, comprising:
a swing support;
a child-receiving seat;
a swing arm that is coupled to the seat and having a first end that is pivotally connected to the support;
a vibration mechanism disposed to impart a vibrating motion to the seat;
a motion sensor that senses motion of the seat; and
a switch by which the vibration mechanism is automatically actuated when the motion sensor senses that the amplitude of the motion of the seat is below a predetermined threshold.
2. The swing of claim 1 , wherein the seat is removably coupled to the swing arm.
3. The swing of claim 1 , wherein the seat includes fabric.
4. The swing of claim 3 , wherein the vibration mechanism is sewn into the fabric.
5. The swing of claim 1 , wherein the seat includes a rigid frame.
6. The swing of claim 5 , wherein the vibration mechanism is attached to the rigid frame.
7. The swing of claim 5 , wherein the vibration mechanism is disposed to impart vibration to the rigid frame.
8. The swing of claim 5 , wherein the seat includes a fabric cover fitted over the rigid frame.
9. The swing of claim 8 , wherein the vibration mechanism is disposed between the rigid frame and the fabric cover.
10. The swing of claim 8 , wherein the vibration mechanism is sewn into the fabric cover.
11. The swing of claim 5 , wherein the rigid frame includes a plurality of components.
12. The swing of claim 11 , wherein the vibration mechanism causes at least one of the components to move relative to at least one other of the components.
13. The swing of claim 1 , wherein the seat includes a rigid support structure.
14. The swing of claim 13 , wherein the vibration mechanism is attached to the rigid support structure.
15. The swing of claim 13 , wherein the vibration mechanism is disposed to impart vibration to the rigid support structure.
16. The swing of claim 13 , wherein the seat includes a fabric cover disposed over the rigid support structure.
17. The swing of claim 16 , wherein the vibration mechanism is disposed between the rigid support structure and the fabric cover.
18. The swing of claim 16 , wherein the vibration mechanism is sewn into the fabric cover.
19. The swing of claim 13 , wherein the rigid support structure includes a plurality of components.
20. The swing of claim 19 , wherein the vibration mechanism causes at least one of the components to move relative to at least one other of the components.
21. The swing of claim 1 , wherein the vibration mechanism includes a switch by which the vibration mechanism is manually actuated.
22. The swing of claim 21 , wherein the switch is disposed on the support.
23. The swing of claim 1 , wherein the switch is adapted to actuate the vibration mechanism automatically when the motion sensor senses that the motion of the seat has stopped.
24. The swing of claim 1 , further comprising a timing circuit that controls deactivation of the vibration mechanism.
25. The swing of claim 24 , wherein the timing circuit causes gradual decreasing of vibration amplitude prior to deactivation.