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Folding chair

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-10-18
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Granted: 1963-03-26
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Expires: 1981-10-18
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Benjamin K Milbourne

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 08:02
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C3/00; A47C3/02; A47C3/029; A47C4/00; A47C4/04; A47C4/08; A47C4/10; A47C4/14

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 313 words
A COLLAPSABLE ROCKING CHAIR COMPRISING A BACK AND A SEAT HINGED TOGETHER WHEREBY SAID BACK MAY BE FOLDED DIRECTLY OVER SAID SEAT, A PAIR OF ARCUATE ROCKER MEMBERS, A PAIR OF FRONT LEGS HINGED AT THE TOPMOST ENDS THEREOF TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BACK, SAID FRONT LEGS BEING HINGED AT THE BOTTOMMOST ENDS THEREOF TO SAID ARCUATE ROCKER MEMBERS, SAID FRONT LEGS HAVING AT LEAST A SINGLE BRACE BRIDGING THE DISTANCE THEREBETWEEN, SAID BRACE BEING SO POSITIONED THAT SAID BACK MAY PASS BETWEEN SAID FRONT LEGS AND THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID SEAT MAY BE SUPPORTED ON SAID BRACE WHEN SAID CHAIR IS ASSEMBLED, A PAIR OF REAR LEGS PIVOTED AT THE LOWERMOST ENDS THEREOF TO SAID ARCUATE ROCKER MEMBERS AT POINTS SPACED FROM THE POINTS OF ATTACHMENT OF SAID FRONT LEGS, SAID REAR LEGS BEING PIVOTED ADJACENT THE TOPMOST ENDS THEREOF TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BACK AT POINTS INTERMEDIATE THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF SAID SEAT THERETO AND POINTS OF ATTACHMENT OF SAID FRONT LEGS THERETO, ONE OF SAID FRONT LEGS LYING IN THE SAME PLANE AS ONE OF SAID REAR LEGS AND THE OTHER OF SAID FRONT LEGS LYING IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE OTHER OF SAID REAR LEGS WHEREBY EACH OF SAID FRONT LEGS BEARS AGAINST AN END OF A REAR LEG WHEN THE SAID CHAIR IS UNFOLDED FOR USE, SAID LAST-MENTIONED END OF EACH OF SAID REAR LEGS HAVING MEANS FOR EXTENDING AND RETRACTING SAID END WHEREBY TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF SAID LEG, SAID MEANS BEING POSITIONED ON THE SAID END OF EACH OF THE SAID REAR LEGS BETWEEN THE POINT WHEREAT SAID LEG IS PIVOTED TO SAID BACK MEMBER AND SAID POINT WHERE A FRONT LEG BEARS AGAINST SAID REAR LEG, SAID MEANS CONSISTING OF A MEMBER THREADED INTO SAID LEG AND BEING CAPABLE OF BEING EXTENDED AND RETRACTED BY ROTATION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 313 words
A COLLAPSABLE ROCKING CHAIR COMPRISING A BACK AND A SEAT HINGED TOGETHER WHEREBY SAID BACK MAY BE FOLDED DIRECTLY OVER SAID SEAT, A PAIR OF ARCUATE ROCKER MEMBERS, A PAIR OF FRONT LEGS HINGED AT THE TOPMOST ENDS THEREOF TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BACK, SAID FRONT LEGS BEING HINGED AT THE BOTTOMMOST ENDS THEREOF TO SAID ARCUATE ROCKER MEMBERS, SAID FRONT LEGS HAVING AT LEAST A SINGLE BRACE BRIDGING THE DISTANCE THEREBETWEEN, SAID BRACE BEING SO POSITIONED THAT SAID BACK MAY PASS BETWEEN SAID FRONT LEGS AND THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID SEAT MAY BE SUPPORTED ON SAID BRACE WHEN SAID CHAIR IS ASSEMBLED, A PAIR OF REAR LEGS PIVOTED AT THE LOWERMOST ENDS THEREOF TO SAID ARCUATE ROCKER MEMBERS AT POINTS SPACED FROM THE POINTS OF ATTACHMENT OF SAID FRONT LEGS, SAID REAR LEGS BEING PIVOTED ADJACENT THE TOPMOST ENDS THEREOF TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BACK AT POINTS INTERMEDIATE THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF SAID SEAT THERETO AND POINTS OF ATTACHMENT OF SAID FRONT LEGS THERETO, ONE OF SAID FRONT LEGS LYING IN THE SAME PLANE AS ONE OF SAID REAR LEGS AND THE OTHER OF SAID FRONT LEGS LYING IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE OTHER OF SAID REAR LEGS WHEREBY EACH OF SAID FRONT LEGS BEARS AGAINST AN END OF A REAR LEG WHEN THE SAID CHAIR IS UNFOLDED FOR USE, SAID LAST-MENTIONED END OF EACH OF SAID REAR LEGS HAVING MEANS FOR EXTENDING AND RETRACTING SAID END WHEREBY TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF SAID LEG, SAID MEANS BEING POSITIONED ON THE SAID END OF EACH OF THE SAID REAR LEGS BETWEEN THE POINT WHEREAT SAID LEG IS PIVOTED TO SAID BACK MEMBER AND SAID POINT WHERE A FRONT LEG BEARS AGAINST SAID REAR LEG, SAID MEANS CONSISTING OF A MEMBER THREADED INTO SAID LEG AND BEING CAPABLE OF BEING EXTENDED AND RETRACTED BY ROTATION.

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