Rocking chair construction and method of making same

Claim 1

An improved rocking chair construction having a seat portion, a ground-engaging base and a pair of coil springs attaching the base to the chair portion and for providing rocking action to the chair, the improvement comprising: the chair portion having at least two tubular ends disposed proximate a lower portion thereof, each tubular end having a passage; each coil spring having an outwardly-extending member having a diameter equal to or substantially less than the passage and extending into one of the passages, each outwardly-extending member having a notch defined by first and second spaced axially apart shoulders; and first and second set screws threadably engaging each tubular end, the first set screw having an end portion disposed between the first and second spaced axially apart shoulders for engagement of the shoulders to define the axial travel of the tubular end portions with respect to the outwardly-extending member of the coil springs, and the second set screw having an end frictionally engaging the coil spring to retain the coil spring in a fixed position with respect to the tubular member.