Rocking and bouncing chair
AssigneeDianna Lynn Roberts
InventorDianna Lynn Roberts
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Abstract
A chair facilitates both rocking and bouncing. The chair includes a base adapted to support a seating portion, the seating portion having a surface adapted to be sat on by a user. The seating portion has a bouncing mechanism, such as an exercise ball. A rocking mechanism is provided to cause the base to rock. The rocking mechanism facilitates the rocking back and forth of the user when the user is seated on the seating portion, and the bouncing mechanism facilitates the bouncing of the user when the user is seated on the seating portion. The bouncing is in a bouncing direction that is different than the direction of rocking. The chair is particularly useful for calming a baby and/or for facilitating stimming.
Claims20
A chair for facilitating rocking and bouncing, the chair comprising:
- a seating portion comprising a bouncing mechanism, wherein the bouncing mechanism comprises a round ball member having an interior filled with air;
- a base adapted to support the seating portion, the base having a left side having an arm rest and a right side having an arm rest, wherein the base includes a supporting mechanism extending from the left side of the base to the right side of the base, the supporting mechanism supporting a bottom of the round ball member of the bouncing mechanism;
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- a rocking mechanism adapted to cause the base to rock,
- wherein the rocking mechanism facilitates the rocking back and forth of a user when the user is seated on the seating portion and wherein the bouncing mechanism facilitates the bouncing of the user when the user is seated on the seating portion, the bouncing being in a bouncing direction that is different than the direction of rocking.
A rocking and bouncing system for facilitating rocking and bouncing, the system comprising:
- a compressible exercise ball;
- a base adapted to receive the exercise ball in a manner so that the exercise ball has a seating portion, the seating portion having a surface adapted to be sat on by a user, the base having a left side having an arm rest and a right side having an arm rest, wherein the base includes a supporting mechanism extending from the left side of the base to the right side of the base, the supporting mechanism supporting a bottom of the compressible exercise ball;
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- a rocking mechanism adapted to cause the base to rock,
- wherein the rocking mechanism facilitates the rocking back and forth of the user when the user is seated on the seating portion and wherein the exercise ball facilitates the bouncing of the user when the user is seated on the seating portion.
A method for facilitating a rocking motion and a bouncing motion of a user, the method comprising:
- providing a seating portion comprising a bouncing mechanism, wherein the bouncing mechanism comprises a round ball member having an interior filled with air;
- providing a base having a left side having an arm rest and a right side having an arm rest, wherein the base includes a supporting mechanism extending from the left side of the base to the right side of the base, the supporting mechanism supporting a bottom of the round ball member of the bouncing mechanism;
- inserting the at least partially spherical member into the base so that it is supported by the supporting mechanism;
- having a user sit on the seating portion;
- rocking the base and the user seated on the seating portion;
- before, during or after rocking the base, facilitating the bouncing of the user on the seating portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.