US3226155A
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Combination rocking and reclining chair
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-07-01
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1984-07-01
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Grover C Whiteford
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 13:08
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C1/00; A47C1/02; A47C1/031; A47C1/034; A47C1/035; A47C1/0355; A47C3/00; A47C3/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S297/00; Y10S297/07
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
265 words
A COMBINATION ROCKING AND RECLINING CHAIR COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A BASE ARRANGED TO REST STATIONARILY ON A FLOOR SURFACE, SUPPORT MEANS RIGID WITH AND EXTENDING UPWARD FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BASE, A SEAT FRAME, RIGID BRACKETS EXTENDING DOWNWARD FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SEAT FRAME, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID BRACKETS TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS FOR PIVOTAL ROCKING MOVEMENT OF SAID SEAT FRAME RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND ABOUT AN AXIS APPRECIABLY BELOW SAID SEAT MEANS, SAID SUPPORT MEANS EXTNDING TO A LEVEL ABOVE SAID SEAT FRAME AND ENGAGEABLE BY THE HANDS OF THE OCCUPANT, AN AUXILIARY FRAME PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO AND SUPPORTED BY THE REAR END OF SAID SEAT FRAME, A CHAIR BACK CONNBECTED AT ITS LOWER END TO SAID AUXILIARY FRAME TO RENDER SAID BACK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED SOLELY TO SAID SEAT FRAME FOR LIMITED MOVEMENT BETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AND REARWARDLY INCLIEND POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID SEAT FRAME, A FOOTREST, INTECONNECTED LINKAGE MEANS MOVABLY SUPPORTED SOLELY BY SAID SEAT FRAME AND CONNECTED TO SAID FOOTREST FOR MOVABLE SUPPORT THEREOF BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY BENEATH SAID SEAT FRAME TO AN EXTENDED HORIZONTAL POSITION FORWARDLY OF SAID SEAT FRAME, AND ADDITIONAL LINKAGE INTERCONNECTING SAID AUXILIARY FRAME AND LINKAGE MEANS AND OPERABLE TO POSITION SAID FOOTREST AS DESIRED INCIDENT TO PIVOTALLY MOVING SAID CHAIR BCK RELATIVE TO SAID SEAT FRAME, SAID SEAT FRAME AND CHAIR BACK AND FOOT REST SUPPORTED THEREBY BEING ROCKABLE AS A UNIT RELATIVE TO SAID BASE ABOUT THE PIVOT MEANS FOR SAID CHAIR SEAT IN ALL POSITIONS OF SAID BACK AND FOOTREST RELATIVE TO SAID SEAT FRAME.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
265 words
A COMBINATION ROCKING AND RECLINING CHAIR COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A BASE ARRANGED TO REST STATIONARILY ON A FLOOR SURFACE, SUPPORT MEANS RIGID WITH AND EXTENDING UPWARD FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BASE, A SEAT FRAME, RIGID BRACKETS EXTENDING DOWNWARD FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SEAT FRAME, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID BRACKETS TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS FOR PIVOTAL ROCKING MOVEMENT OF SAID SEAT FRAME RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND ABOUT AN AXIS APPRECIABLY BELOW SAID SEAT MEANS, SAID SUPPORT MEANS EXTNDING TO A LEVEL ABOVE SAID SEAT FRAME AND ENGAGEABLE BY THE HANDS OF THE OCCUPANT, AN AUXILIARY FRAME PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO AND SUPPORTED BY THE REAR END OF SAID SEAT FRAME, A CHAIR BACK CONNBECTED AT ITS LOWER END TO SAID AUXILIARY FRAME TO RENDER SAID BACK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED SOLELY TO SAID SEAT FRAME FOR LIMITED MOVEMENT BETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AND REARWARDLY INCLIEND POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID SEAT FRAME, A FOOTREST, INTECONNECTED LINKAGE MEANS MOVABLY SUPPORTED SOLELY BY SAID SEAT FRAME AND CONNECTED TO SAID FOOTREST FOR MOVABLE SUPPORT THEREOF BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY BENEATH SAID SEAT FRAME TO AN EXTENDED HORIZONTAL POSITION FORWARDLY OF SAID SEAT FRAME, AND ADDITIONAL LINKAGE INTERCONNECTING SAID AUXILIARY FRAME AND LINKAGE MEANS AND OPERABLE TO POSITION SAID FOOTREST AS DESIRED INCIDENT TO PIVOTALLY MOVING SAID CHAIR BCK RELATIVE TO SAID SEAT FRAME, SAID SEAT FRAME AND CHAIR BACK AND FOOT REST SUPPORTED THEREBY BEING ROCKABLE AS A UNIT RELATIVE TO SAID BASE ABOUT THE PIVOT MEANS FOR SAID CHAIR SEAT IN ALL POSITIONS OF SAID BACK AND FOOTREST RELATIVE TO SAID SEAT FRAME.
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