Patent ID: 6843527
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A portable folding combination rocking and chaise lounge chair, comprising: a backrest frame including a pair of elongate side-members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members; a seat frame including a pair of elongate side members interconnected and held in a fixed spaced-apart, substantially parallel relationship by a plurality of transverse cross members, said backrest and seat frames being adapted to nest one within the other; a pair of substantially rigid upper siderails being of an adjustable length relative to said backrest and seat frames, each of said upper siderails having a first end portion connected to a mid-portion of the respective backrest frame side member and a second end portion connected to an upper portion of the respective seat frame side member, said siderails being of an adjustable length; a pair of substantially rigid lower siderails each having a first end portion connected to a lower portion of the respective backrest frame side member and a second end portion connected to a lower portion of the respective seat frame side member; a generally rectangular, flexible seat laterally extending between and attached at one end to an upper portion of said backrest frame and at the opposite end thereof to an upper portion of said seat frame; and wherein in an unfolded or chair position said pairs of upper and lower siderails cooperate to maintain said backrest frame and said seat frame in an oppositely inclined, diagonally disposed relationship so as to enable a user to sit on said seat and which chair may oscillate or rock upon urging of the user, and wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame may be moved from the chair position to a closed, folded position wherein said backrest frame and said seat frame nest substantially parallel one within the other, which along with said pairs of upper and lower siderails comprise a more compact unit for storage and transport, and wherein said upper siderails comprise first and second end portions which are longitudinally movable relative to each other and lockable in at least one fixed position relative to each other using an adjustment mechanism thereof.