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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896437 | Rocker-recliner base assembly having unitary cam members A rocker chair base assembly employs a set of unitary composite cam members to enable a user to engage in a rocking motion with a chair mounted over the assembly. Each cam member presents a rigid body with a set of laterally projecting sleeves. A first set of angle ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7252334 | Unitary cam for rocker-recliner base assembly A unitary composite cam member is designed for integration into a rocker chair base assembly. In one arrangement, one cam member resides upon each longitudinal rail of the rocker chair base assembly. Each cam member includes a rigid body and one or more laterally pr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243935 | Wheelchair having a pivot provision adjacent the knee of a user Wheelchair of which a sitting support is pivotable about a virtual or non-virtual pivot axis, extending substantially horizontally, substantially at right angles to a main driving direction of the wheelchair, wherein the upper part of the body of the user, at least ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7014204 | Rocking wheelchair A rocking wheelchair is provided with multiple adjustable features to meet various needs of different users with respect to safety, comfortableness and user/caregiver convenience. The rocking wheelchair includes an adjustable maximum rocking motion setting for users... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6913317 | Adjustable swivel rocker The chair frame of a swivel rocker is slidably mounted via a pair of sleeves on the arms of a pair of flexures mounted on the base of the rocker to allow the chair frame to be moved into different positions on the flexures. Bolts are used to secure the sleeves in pl... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6000754 | Rocker assembly for rocker-recliner chairs A rocker-recliner chair comprising a base for standing on the floor and having a pair of side rails, rocker cams seated for rocking motion backward and forward on the side rails, a cross tube assembly disposed above the base and having side plates and cro... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5738409 | Rocking chair construction A rocking chair has a base frame fitted with mounting brackets adjacent the floor to which lower ends of support legs of a chair frame are secured to enable a chair frame to rock about a transverse rocking axis closely adjacent the floor. A spring shock a... | 04/14/1998 |
| 4974904 | Rocking chair apparatus A hemisphere with an integral outer flange is attached to the flat bottom surface of a chair. A cone shaped base depends from the convex bottom of the hemisphere and is separated from the hemisphere by an annular member having a multiplicity of roller bea... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4844541 | Rocking furniture with removably secured and adjustable cushions The disclosure pertains to furniture of the chair, loveseat and couch type which includes a frame, first and second members linked with one another and generally parallel to one another, one or more spring members coupling the first and second members wit... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4786106 | Rocking chair construction and method of making same A rocking chair has an aluminum frame chair portion that is mounted to a base by a pair of coil springs that provide rocking action to the chair. The springs are fixedly attached to the base and each spring has an outwardly extending portion that is attac... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4758044 | Rocking chair A rocking chair having a fixed base, and a seat frame mounted on the base for rocking movement by means of a plurality of rocker cams mounted one behind the other. The rocker cams are pivotally mounted to one of the base or seat frame and having arcuate s... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4718723 | Rocking chair construction and method of making same A rocking chair has an aluminum frame seat portion that is mounted to a base. A pair of coil springs are attached to the base and are mechanically fastened to the chair portion to provide rocking action to the chair. Preferably, steel tubing is attached t... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4544200 | Wheelchair with rocking seat and reclining back feature A wheelchair seat and back construction adapted to be removably mounted upon a conventional wheelchair frame. A chair base with seat and back member secured thereto is mounted to a chair support by springs positioned between the base and support with the ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4477118 | Reclining and rocking office chair An office chair has a mobile pedestal carriage with a cross span beam on which relatively movable chair frame, seat frame, and leg rest frame assemblies are mounted for rocking motion under the control of an adjustable spring mechanism and a ratchet mecha... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4372606 | Rocker structure for rocking chairs A simple, inexpensive rocker construction for a rocking chair comprising a pair of vertically-spaced, horizontally-disposed plates, the upper of which is adapted for securement to the undersurface of the seat of a rocking chair, and the lower of which is ... | 02/08/1983 |