Covering apparatus or tent for a platform swing

Abstract

A covering apparatus or play tent is designed to sit disposed around a suspended platform swing. The tent is attached to a platform swing. The swing which is suspended by a rope from the ceiling has the ability to move forward, backward, laterally, and to rotate in both directions. Thus, the occupants have the ability to experience all of these movements while remaining inside the tent that is attached to the swing. The tent can be made of light weight canvas and has four isosceles trapezoidal sides with one side acting as a door. The door has a small inset window made of mesh with a material flap for closure. The tent may have both a ceiling and a floor. The outside of the tent has three small panels of felt which are attached to the tent for use with stories and literacy concepts.

1 . A tent assembly comprising:
 a swing having a substantially shaped rectangular floor and a substantially shaped circular ceiling and four guide ropes connected in between by means of being threaded through four bored holes in said floor and knotted on the underside of said floor threaded through four bored holes in said ceiling and connected to a suspension cable, and   a fabric tent shell comprising of four substantially shaped trapezoidal fabric side walls, each side wall connected to an adjacent side wall in side-by-side relationship, and   a substantially shaped rectangular fabric floor connected along a lower edge of said side walls, and   a substantially shaped rectangular fabric ceiling connected along a higher edge of said side walls, and   a pair of hook and loop closures attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed around four guide ropes to connect to said swing, and   a second pair of hook and loop closures attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed on said swing floor,   a third pair of hook and loop closures attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed around the guide ropes and swing ceiling.   
     
     
         2 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said tent assembly has at least one of the side walls attached to said tent shell solely at said side wall's upper seam thereby being able to be rolled up for access to said tent's interior. 
     
     
         3 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said side walls comprise of a mesh screen material. 
     
     
         4 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein one of said side walls includes a substantially shaped trapezoidal window. 
     
     
         5 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein one of the side walls includes a substantially shaped rectangular felt panel. 
     
     
         6 . A tent assembly comprising:
 a swing having a floor and a ceiling and a plurality of guide ropes connected in between by means of being threaded through a plurality of bored holes in said floor and knotted on the underside of said floor and threaded through a plurality of bored holes in said ceiling and connected to a suspension cable, and   a fabric tent shell comprising of a plurality of fabric side walls, each side wall connected to an adjacent side wall in side-by-side relationship, and   a floor connected along a lower edge of said side walls, and   a ceiling connected along a higher edge of said side walls, and   a first connection mechanism attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed around a plurality guide ropes to connect to said swing, and   a second connection mechanism attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed on said swing floor,   a third connection mechanism attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed around the guide ropes and swing ceiling.   
     
     
         7 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 6 , wherein said tent assembly has at least one of the side walls attached to said tent shell solely at said side wall's upper seam thereby being able to be rolled up for access to said tent's interior. 
     
     
         8 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 6 , wherein said side walls comprise of a mesh screen material. 
     
     
         9 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 6 , wherein at least one of said side walls includes at least one window. 
     
     
         10 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 6 , wherein at least one of the side walls includes at least one felt panel. 
     
     
         11 . A tent for attaching to a hanging swing comprising:
 a fabric tent shell comprising of four substantially shaped trapezoidal fabric side walls, each side wall connected to an adjacent side wall in side-by-side relationship, and   a substantially shaped rectangular fabric floor connected along a lower edge of said side walls, and   a substantially shaped rectangular fabric ceiling connected along a higher edge of said side walls, and   a pair of hook and loop closures attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed around the swing, and   a second pair of hook and loop closures attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed around the swing,   a third pair of hook and loop closures attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed around the swing.   
     
     
         12 . A tent as set forth in  claim 11 , wherein said tent has at least one of the side wall attached to said tent shell solely at said side wall's upper seam thereby being able to be rolled up for access to said tent's interior. 
     
     
         13 . A tent as set forth in  claim 11 , wherein said side walls comprise of a mesh screen material. 
     
     
         14 . A tent as set forth in  claim 11 , wherein one of said side walls includes a substantially shaped trapezoidal window. 
     
     
         15 . A tent as set forth in  claim 11 , wherein one of the side walls includes a substantially shaped rectangular felt panel. 
     
     
         16 . A tent for attaching to a swing comprising:
 a fabric tent shell comprising of a plurality of substantially shaped rectangular fabric side walls, each side wall connected to an adjacent side wall in side-by-side relationship, and   a floor connected along a lower edge of said side walls, and   a ceiling connected along a higher edge of said side walls, and   a first connection mechanism attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed to connect to the swing, and   a second connection mechanism attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed on the swing,   a third connection mechanism attached to the tent shell constructed and disposed around the swing.   
     
     
         17 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 16 , wherein said tent has at least one of a side wall attached to said tent shell solely at said side wall's upper seam thereby being able to be rolled up for access to said tent's interior. 
     
     
         18 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 16 , wherein said side walls comprise of a mesh screen material. 
     
     
         19 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 16 , wherein at least one of said side walls includes at least one window. 
     
     
         20 . A tent assembly as set forth in  claim 16 , wherein at least one of the side walls includes at least one felt panel.