US 12,446,709 B1
Swivel rocker with roll and pitch motion
Mark A. Flannery, Longboat Key, FL (US); Caleb Summers, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Brian M. McMahon, Palatine, IL (US)
Assigned to Regalo International, LLC, Longboat Key, FL (US)
Filed by Regalo International, LLC, Longboat Key, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,830.
Application 17/966,830 is a continuation of application No. 17/019,246, filed on Sep. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,470,983.
Application 17/019,246 is a continuation of application No. 15/608,522, filed on May 30, 2017, granted, now 10,779,659, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/343,838, filed on May 31, 2016.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47D 9/04 (2006.01); A47D 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47D 9/04 (2013.01) [A47D 9/005 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A swivel rocker frame, comprising:
a) a rocker frame portion;
b) a swivel frame portion;
c) the rocker frame portion having first and second ends, each of the first and second ends of the rocker frame portion having an inside face, the first and second ends of the rocker frame defining a swivel axis;
d) the swivel frame portion having first and second ends, each of the first and second ends of the swivel frame portion having an outside face, the first and second ends of the swivel frame portion being on the swivel axis;
e) the swivel frame portion pivotally engagable to the rocker frame portion on the swivel axis in an open and operating position such that the inside face of the first end of the rocker frame portion confronts the outside face of the first end of the swivel frame portion and such that the inside face of the second end of the rocker frame portion confronts the outside face of the second end of the swivel frame portion;
f) the swivel frame portion being engagable to and disengagable from the rocker frame portion;
g) a baby receptacle engaged to and depending from the swivel frame portion, the baby receptacle comprising flexible material, the baby receptacle spaced from the rocker frame portion;
h) wherein, when in the open and operating position, the rocker frame portion includes a first rocker and a second rocker, each of the rockers extending from the first end of the rocker frame portion to the second end of the rocker frame portion, each of the rockers being U-shaped;
i) wherein, when in the open and operating position, the first rocker defines a first plane, the second rocker defines a second plane, the first and second planes intersecting each other at an oblique angle;
j) wherein, when disengaged from the swivel frame portion, the first and second rockers are pivotable to a position where the first and second rockers extend parallel to each other and are adjacent to each other;
k) wherein, when disengaged from the swivel frame portion, the first and second rockers are foldable to a folded position where the first end of the rocker frame portion confronts, is adjacent to, and is spaced from the second end of the rocker frame portion;
l) wherein each of the first and second rockers includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a base portion, the first end portion including the first end, and the second end portion including the second end;
m) each of the first and second end portions having an inner face and the base portion having an upper face;
n) wherein the first end portion is foldable at a junction between the first end portion and the base portion such that the inner face of the first end portion opposes, is above, and is spaced from the upper face of the base portion; and
o) wherein the second end portion is foldable at a junction between the second end portion and the base portion such that the inner face of the second end portion opposes, is above, and is spaced from the upper face of the base portion.