Convertible rocker
OwnerDonald Shawinventor
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Abstract
Rocking members for releasable mounting on a chair having front legs and rear legs, the rocking members each comprising: an arcuate body having first channel members for releasably receiving at least a portion of a front leg of a chair; second channel members in spaced relation to the first channel members for receiving at least a portion of a rear leg of the chair and abutment members in each of the channel members for preventing lateral movement of a foot portion adjacent the abutment and lock members for releasably locking each foot portion in the channel members.
Claims15
Rocking members for releasable mounting on a chair having front legs and rear legs each leg having a foot portion, said rocking members each comprising:
- a top wall and an arcuate bottom wall in spaced relation and an inside wall and an outside wall in spaced relation, each rocking member having first channel means for releasably receiving at least a portion of a front foot of a chair;
- second channel means in spaced relation to said first channel means for receiving at least a portion of a rear foot of said chair;
- said channel means extending within said inside wall and said top wall, said channel means terminating short of said outside wall;
- abutment means in each channel means for preventing lateral movement of a respective foot portion adjacent said abutment means;
- first lock means for releasably locking at least a portion of each said foot in said channel means, said first lock means being independent of said abutment means;
- second lock means for releasably locking a portion of said foot different from said first lock means, said second lock means being independent of said abutment means and said first lock means;
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- third lock means for releasably locking a portion of said foot different from said first lock means and said second lock means, said third lock means being independent of said abutment means and said first lock means.
In rocking members for releasable engagement with the feet of a chair, each said rocking member being generally arcuate in profile, each including channel means for receiving a portion of each foot of a chair, the improvement wherein each said rocking member includes a top wall and an arcuate bottom wall in spaced relation and an inside wall and an outside wall in spaced relation, said channel means extending within said inside wall and said top wall, said channel means terminating short of said outside wall, said inside wall including first lock means for releasably locking a first portion of a foot of a chair, said top wall including slot means for receiving a second portion of a foot of said chair, said slot means extending into said channel means and including second lock means independent of said first lock means, said second lock means for releasably locking said second portion of said chair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.