Patent ID: 8777305

Claim:
A multifunction chair convertible from an office chair to a floor rocker and stool, comprising: a floor rocker having a first seat, a seatback, a pair of rocker rails in close proximity to said first seat, and a front cross-member below the front end of said seat; a base having at least one vertical support member and a second seat mounted thereon, said second seat detachably connected to the underside of said floor rocker; and a quick-release mechanism having first and second couplers on said floor rocker and said second seat, respectively, said first coupler including a rearward projection from said cross-member and left and right side latch mechanisms below the rear portion of said first seat, said latch mechanisms each having a laterally movable latch bolt, said second coupler including a front portion and left and right side portions of said second seat in a spatial pattern corresponding to that of said rearward projection and left and right side latch bolts of said first coupler; wherein said second seat is rectangular and has a top surface, a front wall, and left and right side walls, said second coupler including part of said front wall below said top surface and including part of the rear half of each of said side walls below said top surface; wherein said front wall has a laterally elongated bottom edge notch and the rear half of each of said side walls has an opening therein; and wherein said quick-release mechanism is configured such that said rearward projection engages said notch and said latch bolts slidably engage said openings to lock said floor rocker on said second seat.