Patent ID: 7090295

Claim:
A rocking chair with an oscillating base, a seat affixed to the oscillating base and a back rest, the seat connected to two downwardly projecting struts provided with oscillating-mounted sections at their lower ends forming an oscillating parallelogram, the rocking chair further comprising: the downwardly projecting struts integrally formed with a downwardly open U-shaped holding arc below the seating surface, the holding arc having opposed flat legs in the form of lateral surfaces; the oscillating parallelogram formed by an upper cross member, a pair of parallel spaced apart lower cross members and two pair of upright oscillating rods, each pair of upright oscillating rods connected to an end portion of the upper cross member and connected inboard from an end portion of the lower cross members; the flat legs each attached to one of the pair of parallel spaced apart lower cross members at opposed side edges; and the upper cross member held in a rotary manner by a column affixed to a base plate within the U-shaped holding arc.