Multi-functional portable folding rocking chair

A portable folding combination rocking chair and chaise lounge, comprising:

• a backrest frame including a pair of elongate side-members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members;
• a seat frame including a pair of elongate side members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members, said backrest and seat frames adapted to nest one within the other;
• a pair of upper siderails each having a first end portion connected to a mid-portion of a respective said backrest frame side member at a fixed point thereon and a second end portion connected to an upper portion of a respective said seat frame side member at a fixed point thereon;
• a pair of lower siderails each having a first end portion connected to a lower portion of a respective said backrest frame side member at a fixed point thereon and a second end portion connected to a lower portion of a respective said seat frame side member at a fixed point thereon;
• a generally rectangular, longitudinally flexible seat laterally extending between and attached to an upper portion of said backrest frame and to an upper portion of said seat frame;
• means for retaining said backrest and seat frames in a folded position;
• a pair of wheels, each being rotationally mounted on an axle extending laterally from opposite sides of a lower portion of the chair;
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• wherein in a chair position said pairs of upper and lower siderails cooperate to maintain said backrest frame and said seat frame in an oppositely inclined, diagonally disposed relationship so as to enable a user to sit on said seat and which chair can rock upon urging of the user, and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame can be moved from the chair position to the folded position wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame nest substantially parallel one within the other and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame are held in said folded position by said retaining means which engages said backrest and seat frames so as to comprise a more compact unit for storage and transport.

A portable folding combination rocking chair and chaise lounge, comprising:

• a backrest frame including a pair of elongate side-members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members;
• a seat frame including a pair of elongate side members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members, said backrest and seat frames adapted to nest one within the other;
• a pair of upper siderails, each having a first end portion connected to a mid-portion of a respective said backrest frame side member at a fixed point thereon and a second end portion connected to an upper portion of a respective said seat frame side member at a fixed point thereon said upper and lower siderails being substantially rigid members which are pivotally connected to the respective backrest and seat frame side members such that the chair folds to a position wherein each of said backrest and seat frames and the upper and lower siderails are substantially parallel with each other;
• a pair of lower siderails each having a first end portion connected to a lower portion of a respective said backrest frame side member at a fixed point thereon and a second end portion connected to a lower portion of a respective said seat frame side member at a fixed point thereon;
• a generally rectangular, longitudinally flexible seat laterally extending between and attached to an upper portion of said backrest frame and to an upper portion of said seat frame;
• means for retaining said backrest and seat frames in a folded position comprising a pin and a pair of apertures, one of said apertures extending laterally through a seat frame side member and the other aperture extending laterally through an adjacent backrest frame side member, said apertures being coaxially aligned when the chair is in the folded position, and wherein said pin may be inserted into both of said apertures to retain the chair in the folded position;
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• wherein in a chair position said pairs of upper and lower siderails cooperate to maintain said backrest frame and said seat frame in an oppositely inclined, diagonally disposed relationship so as to enable a user to sit on said seat and which chair can rock upon urging of the user, and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame can be moved from the chair position to the folded position wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame nest substantially parallel one within the other and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame are held in said folded position by said retaining means which engages said backrest and seat frames so as to comprise a more compact unit for storage and transport.

A portable folding combination rocking chair and chaise lounge comprising:

• a backrest frame including a pair of elongate side-members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members;
• a seat frame including a pair of elongate side members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members, said backrest and seat frames adapted to nest one within the other;
• a pair of upper siderails each having a first end portion connected to a mid-portion of a respective said backrest frame side member at a fixed point thereon and a second end portion connected to an upper portion of a respective said seat frame side member at a fixed point thereon, said upper and lower siderails being substantially rigid members which are pivotally connected to the respective backrest and seat frame side members such that the chair folds to a position wherein each of said backrest and seat frames and the upper and lower siderails are substantially parallel with each other;
• a pair of lower siderails each having a first end portion connected to a lower portion of a respective said backrest frame side member at a fixed point thereon and a second end portion connected to a lower portion of a respective said seat frame side member at a fixed point thereon;
• a generally rectangular, longitudinally flexible seat laterally extending between and attached to an upper portion of said backrest frame and to an upper portion of said seat frame;
• means for retaining said backrest and seat frames in a folded position comprising a pin and a pair of apertures, one of said apertures extending laterally through a seat frame side member and the other aperture extending laterally through an adjacent backrest frame side member said apertures being coaxially aligned when the chair is in the folded position, and wherein said pin means may be inserted into both of said apertures to retain the chair in the folded position;
• a footrest which includes a footrest frame and a foot support, and a means to stop downward movement of said footrest frame, said stop means attached to a lower portion of a respective backrest frame side member said footrest frame having a first end portion pivotally connected to a lower portion of said backrest frame and extending longitudinally therefrom with said foot support laterally disposed and connected at a second end portion of said footrest frame, said footrest having a deployed position wherein the second end portion of said footrest frame and said foot support are maintained in an elevated position relative to a ground surface by said first end portion of said footrest frame engaging said stop means, and a stowed position wherein said footrest is substantially nested within said backrest frame and the seat frame, said footrest being held in said stowed position by the retaining means;
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• wherein in a chair position said pairs of upper and lower siderails cooperate to maintain said backrest frame and said seat frame in an oppositely inclined, diagonally disposed relationship so as to enable a user to sit on said seat and which chair can rock upon urging of the user, and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame can be moved from the chair position to the folded position wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame nest substantially parallel one within the other and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame are held in said folded position by said retaining means which engages said backrest and seat frames so as to comprise a more compact unit for storage and transport.

A portable folding combination rocking chair and chaise lounge, comprising:

• a backrest frame including a pair of elongate side-members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members;
• a seat frame including a pair of elongate side members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members, said backrest and seat frames adapted to nest one within the other;
• a pair of upper siderails each having a first end portion connected to a mid-portion of a respective said backrest frame side member and a second end portion connected to an upper portion of a respective said seat frame side member;
• a pair of lower siderails each having a first end portion connected to a lower portion of a respective said backrest frame side member and a second end portion connected to a lower portion of a respective said seat frame side member;
• a generally rectangular, longitudinally flexible seat laterally extending between and attached at one end to an upper portion of said backrest frame and at the opposite end thereof to an upper portion of said seat frame;
• means for retaining said backrest and seat frames in a folded position;
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• wherein in a chair position said pairs of upper and lower siderails cooperate to maintain said backrest frame and said seat frame in an oppositely inclined, diagonally disposed relationship so as to enable a user to sit on said seat and which chair can rock upon urging of the user, and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame can be moved from the chair position to the folded position wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame nest substantially parallel one within the other and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame are held in said folded position by said retaining means which engages said backrest and seat frames so as to comprise a more compact unit for storage and transport;
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• a footrest which includes a footrest frame and a foot support, and a means to maintain said footrest in an elevated position relative to a ground surface, said stop means attached to a lower portion of a respective backrest frame side members said footrest frame having a first end portion pivotally connected to a lower portion of the backrest frame and extending longitudinally therefrom with said foot support laterally disposed and pivotally connected at a second end portion of said footrest frame and includes a pad attached thereto said foot support positioned on said footrest frame such that when the chair is in the unfolded position with said footrest in a stowed position, said footrest is substantially nested within said backrest frame and the seat frame with said foot support and said pad adjacent and generally parallel to a back and shoulder region of a person when sitting in the chair so as to provide support and cushioning thereto, and when said footrest is in a deployed position wherein the second end portion of said footrest frame and said support are maintained in an elevated position relative to a ground surface by said first end portion of said footrest frame engaging said stop means said footrest also being held in said stowed position by the retaining means.

A portable folding combination rocking chair and chaise lounge, comprising:

• a backrest frame including a pair of elongate side-members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members;
• a seat frame including a pair of elongate side members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members, said backrest and scat frames adapted to nest one within the other;
• a pair of upper siderails each having a first end portion connected to a mid-portion of a respective said backrest frame side member and a second end portion connected to an upper portion of a respective said seat frame side member;
• a pair of lower siderails each having a first end portion connected to a lower portion of a respective said backrest frame side member and a second end portion connected to a lower portion of a respective said seat frame side member;
• a generally rectangular, longitudinally flexible seat laterally extending between and attached to an upper portion of said backrest frame and to an upper portion of said seat frame;
• means for retaining said backrest and seat frames in a folded position;
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• wherein in a chair position said pairs of upper and lower siderails cooperate to maintain said backrest frame and said seat frame in an oppositely inclined diagonally disposed relationship so as to enable a user to sit on said seat and which chair can rock upon urging of the user and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame can be moved from the chair position to the folded position wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame nest substantially parallel one within the other and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame are held in said folded position by said retaining means which engages said backrest and scat frames so as to comprise a more compact unit for storage and transport;
• a footrest which includes a footrest frame and a foot support, said footrest frame having a first end portion pivotally connected to a lower portion of the backrest frame and extending longitudinally therefrom with said foot Support laterally disposed and pivotally connected at a second end portion of said footrest frame said footrest having a deployed position wherein said footrest extends outwardly from said backrest frame in an elevated position above a ground surface and a stowed position wherein said footrest is substantially nested within said backrest frame and the seat frame said footrest being held in said stowed position by the retaining means;
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• a means to maintain said footrest in said elevated position relative to a ground surface in said deployed position which stop means includes a pair of said backrest cross members, comprising stop cross members, connected one to each of a front and a rear portion of the lower portion of said backrest frame adjacent front and rear portions, respectively, of said first end portion of said footrest frame, which stop cross members simultaneously restrict downward movement of said footrest to a predetermined lower position.

A portable folding combination rocking chair and chaise lounge, comprising:

• a backrest frame including a pair of elongate side-members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members, one of said side members having an aperture extending laterally therethrough intermediate the ends thereof;
• a seat frame including a pair of elongate side members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members, one of said side members thereof being adjacent the backrest frame side member with said aperture, said one of said side members also having an aperture extending laterally therethrough, said backrest and seat frames adapted to nest one within the other;
• a pair of substantially rigid upper siderails each having a first end portion pivotally connected to a mid-portion of a respective said backrest frame side member and a second end portion pivotally connected to an upper portion of a respective said seat frame side member;
• a pair of substantially rigid lower siderails each having a first end portion pivotally connected to a lower portion of a respective said backrest frame side member and a second end portion pivotally connected to a lower portion of a respective said seat frame side member;
• a generally rectangular, longitudinally flexible seat laterally extending between and attached to an upper portion of said backrest frame and to an upper portion of said seat frame;
• means for retaining said backrest and seat frames in a folded position;
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• a pin;
• a pair of wheels each being removably, rotationally mounted on a separate axle connected to and extending laterally from respective opposite sides of a lower portion of the chair, each of said axles able to be reversed to extend laterally inwardly when the respective wheel is removed therefrom;
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• wherein in a chair position said pairs of upper and lower siderails cooperate to maintain said backrest frame and said seat frame in an oppositely inclined, diagonally disposed relationship so as to enable a user to sit on said seat and which chair can rock upon urging of the user, wherein said apertures which extend through adjacent side members forming a pair of apertures which are coaxially aligned in a preselected chair position into which apertures said pin is inserted so as to retain the chair in said preselected chair position and restrain the rocking function thereof such that a person seated in the chair can be transported therein on said wheels, and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame can be moved from the chair position to the folded position wherein said backrest and seat frames and said upper and lower siderails nest substantially parallel one within the other and wherein said backrest and seat frames and said upper and lower siderails are held in said folded position by said retaining means which engages said backrest and seat frames so as to comprise a more compact unit for storage and transport.

A portable folding combination rocking chair and chaise lounge, comprising:

• a backrest frame including a pair of elongate side-members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members, one of said side members having an aperture extending laterally therethrough intermediate the ends thereof;
• a seat frame including a pair of elongate side members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members, one of said side members thereof being adjacent the backrest frame side member with said aperture, said one of said side members also having an aperture extending laterally therethrough, said backrest and seat frames adapted to nest one within the other;
• a pair of substantially rigid upper siderails each having a first end portion pivotally connected to a mid-portion of a respective said backrest frame side member and a second end portion pivotally connected to an upper portion of a respective said seat frame side member;
• a pair of substantially rigid lower siderails each having a first end portion pivotally connected to a lower portion of a respective said backrest frame side member and a second end portion pivotally connected to a lower portion of a respective said seat frame side member;
• a generally rectangular, longitudinally flexible seat laterally extending between and attached to an upper portion of said backrest frame and to an upper portion of said seat frame;
• means for retaining said backrest and seat frames in a folded position;
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• a pin;
• a pair of wheels, each being removably, rotationally mounted on a separate axle connected to and extending laterally from respective opposite sides of a lower portion of the chair, each of said axles able to be reversed to extend laterally inwardly when the respective wheel is removed therefrom;
• wherein in a chair position said pairs of upper and lower siderails cooperate to maintain said backrest frame and said seat frame in an oppositely inclined, diagonally disposed relationship so as to enable a user to sit on said seat and which chair can rock upon urging of the user, wherein said apertures which extend through adjacent side members forming a pair of apertures which are coaxially aligned in a preselected chair position into which apertures said pin is inserted so as to retain the chair in said preselected chair position and rocking function thereof such that a person seated in the chair can be transported therein on said wheels, and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame can be moved from the chair position to the folded position wherein said backrest and seat frames and said upper and lower siderails nest substantially parallel one within the other and wherein said backrest and seat frames and said upper and lower siderails are held in said folded position by said retaining means which engages said backrest and seat frames so as to comprise a more compact unit for storage and transport;
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• a footrest which includes a footrest frame and a foot support, and a means to maintain said footrest in an elevated position relative to a ground surface attached to a lower portion of a respective backrest frame side member, said footrest frame having a first end portion pivotally connected to a lower portion of the backrest frame and extending longitudinally therefrom with said toot support laterally disposed and connected at a second end portion of said footrest frame, said footrest having a deployed position wherein the footrest is maintained in an elevated position relative to a ground surface by said stop means, wherein said stop means includes a lower portion of the backrest frame which engages said first end portion of said footrest frame so as to set a first elevational position of said footrest, and wherein said stop means can be moved along said lower portion of a backrest frame side member to provide multiple elevational positions of the footrest relative to the ground surface and said footrest having a stowed position wherein said footrest is substantially nested within said backrest frame and the seat frame, said footrest frame being held in said stowed position by the retaining means, said chair having a cart position wherein said backrest and seat frames are in said stowed position and said footrest is in said deployed position for carrying items.