US 12,390,013 B2
Stowaway compact rocker
Jim Sun, Cromwell, CT (US); and Daniel R. Grace, Old Saybrook, CT (US)
Assigned to GCI Outdoor, Inc., Higganum, CT (US)
Filed by GCI Outdoor, Inc., Higganum, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/640,127.
Application 18/640,127 is a continuation of application No. 17/648,088, filed on Jan. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,969,102.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/137,948, filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0260757 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A47C 7/44 (2006.01); A47C 3/025 (2006.01); A47C 4/02 (2006.01); A47C 4/03 (2006.01); A47C 4/28 (2006.01); A47C 4/42 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 7/444 (2018.08) [A47C 3/025 (2013.01); A47C 3/0255 (2013.01); A47C 4/021 (2013.01); A47C 4/03 (2013.01); A47C 4/28 (2013.01); A47C 4/42 (2013.01); A47C 7/44 (2013.01); A47C 7/441 (2013.01); A47C 7/443 (2013.01); A47C 7/4454 (2018.08)] 20 Claims
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1. A stowaway compact rocker having a set-up condition and a collapsed and bundled condition, and further having rocking capability when in the set-up condition; said rocker comprising:
a stationary chair frame base comprising:
a central axle tube;
a pair of leg plates disposed at opposing longitudinal ends of the central axle tube; and
a pair of front leg tubes and a pair of rear legs tubes, each of said front leg tubes and rear leg tubes being adapted for connection to a respective one of the leg plates;
a movable seating chair frame adapted for rocking movement relative to the stationary chair frame base comprising:
a pair of seat tube plates mounted on the central axle tube for rotation thereabout;
a pair of seat member tubes, each of said seat member tubes being adapted for connection to a respective one of the seat tube plates; and
a pair of back-rest member tubes, each of said back-rest member tubes being adapted for connection to a respective one of the seat tube plates;
wherein the movable seating chair frame is adapted for movement relative to the stationary chair frame base when a pressure is applied to at least one of the chair seat and the chair back-rest by a seated user;
a rocker mechanism operatively connected between and engaging the leg plates of the stationary chair frame base and the seat plates of the movable seating chair frame facilitating said movement; and
a seating fabric mounted to the seat member tubes and the back-rest member tubes in the set-up condition of the rocker and defining a chair seat and a chair back-rest adapted to receive a seated user in the set-up rocker.