Patent ID: 6024409
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A lateral rocking chair comprising, in combination:a seat with a planar square configuration having a planar top face, a planar bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween defined by four equally sized edges, wherein the seat has at least one free edge for allowing a pair of legs of a user to hang thereover and depend downwardly;a back with a planar configuration having a horizontally oriented linear lower edge mounted along one of the edges of the seat opposite the free edge and extending upwardly therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith, a horizontally oriented linear upper edge with a length 1/2 that of the lower edge, a pair of side edges each having a vertically oriented lower extent and an inwardly tapering upper extent with a length greater than that of the lower extent, and a cut out formed centrally between the upper extent of the side edges;a pair of arms, each being generally cylindrical and having first and second ends, the arms being mounted along opposite edges of the seat, the first end of each cylindrical arm having a planar circular inboard face abutting the back, the second end of each arm having a concave circular outboard face, and a cylindrical periphery with a plurality of linearly aligned vertically oriented bores formed along a bottom edge thereof for receiving ribbed dowels therein which arc in turn inserted within linearly aligned vertically oriented bores formed in the top face of the seat, a generally spherical outboard member with a planar bottom extent and a spherical upper extent located at the outboard end of the arms, the spherical upper extent of each outboard member having a pair of vertically spaced horizontally oriented bores formed therein for receiving ribbed dowels therein which are in turn inserted within vertically spaced horizontally oriented bores formed in the outboard face of one of the arms, wherein the outboard member has a cylindrical recess formed therein for removably receiving a drinking container;four legs each having a generally cylindrical configuration and a diameter which decreases from a top end thereof to a bottom end thereof, the top ends of the legs being coupled to the bottom face of the seat at corners thereof and depending therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith; anda pair of rockers each having a bottom surface with an arcuate configuration and a top surface including a pair of ends with cylindrical indents for receiving the bottom ends of the legs such that a screw may be inserted through a countersunk aperture formed in the bottom surface of the corresponding rocker for attachment purposes;wherein the rockers reside in a pair of laterally extending vertical planes which are in parallel with the back of the rocking chair for allowing lateral rocking about an axis that is normal to the back.