Patent ID: 6120094
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A rocking chair comprising a base member, a seat support frame rockably mounted thereon, a seat movably mounted on said support frame for limited up and down movement between an upper position and a lower limit position, Said seat having a front and a rear portion, a stop carried by said seat support frame and engaging said seat in its lower limit position, a biasing device biasing said seat to said upper position, where upon the weight of a person seated on said seat lowering said seat to its lower limit position against the bias of said biasing device, and a two part locking device respectively carried by said base member and by said seat, mutually engageable when said seat is in said upper position and clearing each other when said seat is in said lower limit position, whereby said chair is automatically locked against rocking when a person leaves said seat.