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US 8,998,308 B2Granted
Foldable rocking chair
OwnerTe-Lung Cheninventor
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Abstract
A rocking chair includes a base unit, a frame unit located above the base unit, and a plurality of rocking members mounted between the base unit and the frame unit to connect the base unit and the frame unit. The frame unit is suspended above the base unit and is capable of swinging forward and backward relative to the base unit. The frame unit has an adjustable inclined angle. Thus, the frame unit and the base unit are folded when not in use to reduce the whole volume of the rocking chair.
Claims6
A rocking chair comprising:
- a base unit;
- a frame unit located above the base unit;
- and
- a plurality of rocking members mounted between the base unit and the frame unit to connect the base unit and the frame unit, wherein:
- the frame unit is suspended above the base unit and is capable of swinging forward and backward relative to the base unit;
- the frame unit has an adjustable inclined angle;
- the frame unit includes:
- a seat frame;
- a backrest frame connected with the seat frame;
- two first connecting brackets each mounted on the seat frame and each pivotally connected with the backrest frame;
- a footrest frame connected with the seat frame;
- two second connecting brackets each mounted on the footrest frame and each pivotally connected with the seat frame;
- two armrests each connected between the backrest frame and the footrest frame;
- a plurality of extensions each connected with a respective one of the plurality of rocking members;
- and
- a seat mounted on the seat frame;
- the backrest frame of the frame unit has two first mounting holes each pivotally connected with a respective one of the two armrests;
- the footrest frame of the frame unit has two second mounting holes each pivotally connected with a respective one of the two armrests;
- the base unit touches the ground and includes:
- a first stand;
- a second stand juxtaposed to the first stand;
- two mounting brackets each mounted on the second stand and each connected with the first stand;
- two support bars connected with the first stand and connected with the plurality of rocking members;
- and
- two linking levers each connected between the second stand and a respective one of the two support bars;
- each of the two support bars of the base unit is provided with a first connecting hole and a second connecting hole;
- the first stand of the base unit is provided with two third connecting holes each connected with the first connecting hole of a respective one of the two support bars;
- the second stand of the base unit is provided with two fourth connecting holes;
- each of the two linking levers of the base unit has a first end connected with the second connecting hole of a respective one of the two support bars and a second end connected with a respective one of the two fourth connecting holes of the second stand;
- and
- each of the two linking levers of the base unit is provided with a fixing portion abutting the second stand to position the second stand.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.