Swinging sling

Claim 1

AN ARM SLING ADAPTED TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL OVERHEAD SUPPORT FOR SUPPORTING AN ARM EXTENDING IN SUBSTANTIALLY A STRAIGHT LINE FROM THE SHOULDER OF A USER OF THE SLING AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE SUPPORT, SAID ARM SLING CONSISTING OF AN ELONGATED GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING A FIRST END POSITIONABLE ADJACENT THE SHOULDER OF A USER, AND A SECOND END POSITIONABLE ADJACENT THE WRIST OF A USER, AND A STRAIGHT ARM RECEIVING OPEN-ENDED PASSAGE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THERETHROUGH, SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER BEING FORMED SOLELY OF A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH A SOFT INTERIOR CAPABLE OF CUSHIONING AN ARM RECEIVED THEREIN, SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER BEING FLEXIBLE THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF, TWO ROWS OF APERTURES EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER, EACH APERTURE IN EACH ROW BEING TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED WITH A CORRESPONDING APERTURE IN THE OTHER ROW THEREBY PROVIDING A SERIES OF PAIRS OF APERTURES, A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED TIE STRAPS, EACH STRAP HAVING THE CENTRAL PORTION THEREOF EXTENDING BETWEEN THE APERTURES OF ONE OF SAID PAIRS WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE STRAP EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THROUGH AND BEYOND THE APERTURES FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OVERHEAD SUPPORT AND A PAIR OF TIE STRAPS SECURED SOLELY TO THE UPPER PART OF THE FIRST END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREOF FOR ATTACHMENT TO A SUITABLE SUPPORT SO AS TO LIMIT LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE MEMBER RELATIVE TO AN ARM SUPPORTED THEREIN.