Patent ID: 9510681
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A47C

Claim Text:
1. Rocking chair apparatus comprising a first rocking chair portion formed by injection molding, and having: a seat with sides, a front portion and a rear portion; a generally vertically oriented back extending upwardly from said rear portion of said seat; said back having a plurality of elongated openings formed therein; first and second generally horizontal, elongated arms oriented substantially parallel to each other; each of said first and second arms having a forward portion connected to said seat and a rear portion connected to said back; first, second, third and fourth legs, each of said legs having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion of said first and second legs respectively extending downwardly and outwardly from said forward portion of said first and second arms, the upper portion of said third and fourth legs respectively extending downwardly and outwardly from said rear portion of said first and second arms; said first, second, third and fourth legs being non-perpendicular to the ground when said first rocking chair portion is unoccupied and at rest; a first curved rocker portion connected between the lower portions of said first and third legs, and a second curved rocker portion connected between the lower portion of said second and fourth legs; each of said curved rocker portions comprising a central portion, and a rearward portion and a forward portion positioned rearwardly and forwardly respectively of said central portion; said central portion closer to the ground than said rearward and forward portions when said first rocking chair portion is at rest, said rearward and forward portions respectively closer to the ground than said central portion when said first rocking chair portion is rocked back and forth; first and second openings respectively spaced from each of said sides of said seat, said first opening defined by said first arm, said first and third legs, and said first curved rocker portion, said second opening defined by said second arm, said second and fourth legs, and said second curved rocker portion; a strut portion extending between the lower portion of said third leg and the lower portion of said fourth leg; and said first rocking chair portion having a substantially downwardly and outwardly shaped hollow space, said hollow space permitting a substantially identical second rocking chair portion to nest within said hollow space of said first rocking chair portion.