Patent ID: 6918632
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rocker-recliner chair comprising: a chair frame comprising a seat, backrest, armrests and a footrest; a rocker mechanism comprising an upper plate assembly, a base, a pair of rocker cams and a plurality of springs, the upper elate assembly including a pair of spaced apart side flanges and an upper support plate extending between and coupling the side flanges, the upper support plate presenting a width dimension, a death dimension, and a perimeter, the upper support plate having a plurality of projecting flange portions oriented generally along the width dimension, the base including a pair of spaced apart side rails with a lower support plate extending therebetween, the lower support plate presenting a width dimension and a depth dimension, each of the pair of rocker cams operably coupled with the upper plate assembly and rockingly engaged on a separate one of the side rails so that the upper plate assembly is selectively rockably movable relative to the base, the springs directly coupling the upper support plate and the lower support plate and configured to provide a biasing force resisting rocking movement of the upper plate assembly relative to the base; a reclining linkage mechanism operably coupling the upper plate assembly and the chair frame.