Combined rocking and rotatable amusement device

Claim 1

AN AMUSEMENT DEVICE COMPRISING A SEAT FORMING MEMBER HAVING AN INTEGRALLY FORMED AND ESSENTIALLY CONTINUOUS SEAT AND BACK-REST SECTIONS, SAID MEMBER HAVING A GENERALLY CONVEX OUTWARDLY FACING SURFACE WHICH IS CURVED ALONG ESSENTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND ALSO TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE WIDTH, AN ELONGATED LEG SUPPORTING FRAME STRUCTURE FIXED TO SAID SEAT SECTION IN FORWARDLY AND UPWARDLY INCLINED RELATION TO A CENTRAL PORTION THEREOF, A TRANSVERSE MEMBER SLIDABLY SUPPORTED ADJACENT THE FORWARD END OF SAID FRAME STRUCTURE, BIASING MEANS CONNECTING SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER WITH SAID FRAME STRUCTURE IN A MANNER URGING SAID MEMBER REARWARDLY ON SAID FRAME STRUCTURE AND AFFORDING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER LENGTHWISE OF SAID FRAME BY LEG MOVEMENT OF AN OCCUPANT, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID DEVICE IN POSITION FOR EASY ENGAGEMENT BY THE HANDS OF AN OCCUPANT, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A POST MEMBER SECURED TO SAID DEVICE GENERALLY CENTRALLY OF THE FORWARD PORTION OF SAID SEAT SECTION IN UPWARDLY EXTENDING RELATION THERETO AND IN MANNER AFFORDING SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID MEANS ABOUT A PAIR OF TRANSVERSE AXES, WHEREBY SAID DEVICE CAN BE SUPPORTED ON A FLAT SURFACE AND THE OCCUPANT THEREOF CAN ROCK THE DEVICE LONGITUDINALLY BETWEEN A GENERALLY ERECT POSITION AND A POSITION WHEREIN THE BACK-REST ENGAGES THE FLAT SUPPORTION SURFACE AND THE OCCUPANT CAN ALSO ROCK THE DEVICE LATERALLY, SAID ROCKING MOVEMENT BEING ACHIEVED THROUGH SHIFTING OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OCCUPANT BY MEANS INCLUDING MOVEMENT OF SAID MEANS ENGAGED BY HIS HANDS AND BY MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER WHICH SUPPORTS THE FEET OF THE OCCUPANT, AND A ROTATABLE MEMBER CARRIED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID DEVICE AND MOVABLE INTO A POSITION OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SUPPORTING SURFACE, SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER BEING OPERABLE TO EFFECT ROTATION OF SAID DEVICE ABOUT A GENERALLY VERTICAL AXIS.