Patent ID: 7845727

Claim:
A furniture member, comprising: first and second support members each having a flange; a mechanism rotatably connected to the support members and adapted for at least a rocking motion, a base frame operating to support the support members, the base frame including a first side channel having first and second flanges and a second side channel having first and second flanges; a U-shaped biasing member connected between the base frame and at least one of the flanges of the first and second support members to permit forward and backward rocking motions of the mechanism and support members with respect to the base frame, the U-shaped biasing member including a first U-shaped leaf spring directly connected to the first side channel and a second U-shaped leaf spring directly connected to the second side channel; and a stiffener brace positioned in direct contact with each of the first and second U-shaped leaf springs and fastened through the individual leaf springs and the second flange of each of the first and second side channels.