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US 2018/0000245 A1Published application
Spring Actuated Rocking Mechanism for Collapsible Chair
AssigneeDenovo Brands, LLC
InventorRichard Justin Penn
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Abstract
A spring actuated rocking mechanism can be attached to the legs of a collapsible chair to allow for the user to rock in the collapsible chair. The mechanism may be attached at the factory or retrofitted to the chair. The rocking mechanism can be attached to the end of a leg or disposed within a leg, having a leg portion above and below the mechanism.
Claims18
A rocking mechanism for a leg of a collapsible chair comprising:
- a foot portion having a bottom and an open top, side walls extending between the bottom and the open top creating an internal cavity;
- a leg receiving member disposed within the internal cavity and being configured to accept a portion of the leg of the collapsible chair;
- two elongated openings in the side walls extending therethrough, the two elongated openings on opposite sides of the foot portion and extending at least a portion of a distance between the bottom and the open top;
- at least one guiding member extending from opposing sides of the leg receiving member and into a respective one of the two elongated openings in the side walls;
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- an elastic member disposed in the internal cavity between the leg receiving member and the bottom of the foot portion.
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A rocking mechanism for a leg of a chair comprising:
- a foot portion having a bottom and an open top, a wall extending between the bottom and the open top creating an internal cavity, the foot portion having a central axis, the central axis having a curvature thereto;
- a leg receiving member disposed within the internal cavity and having a second cavity to accept a portion of the leg of the collapsible chair;
- two elongated openings in the wall and extending therethrough, the two elongated openings on opposite sides of the internal cavity and extending at least a portion of a distance between the bottom and the open top;
- at least one guiding member extending from opposing sides of the leg receiving member and into a respective one of the two elongated openings in the side walls;
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- an elastic member disposed in the internal cavity between the leg receiving member and the bottom of the foot portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.