Patent ID: 7147284

Claim:
A rocking chair comprising: (a) a seating surface having a right side, a left side, a forward portion, and a rearward portion, the seating surface being adapted to support a user thereon; (b) a backrest disposed above the seating surface; (c) a forward flexing support carriage disposed below the seating surface and adapted to support the seating surface above a floor, the support carriage comprising: (i) a left side rocker rail having a forward portion and a rearward portion; (ii) an opposed right side rocker rail having a forward portion and a rearward portion; (iii) a left side support extending downward from the rearward portion of the left side of the seating surface to the rearward portion of the left side rocker rail; and (iv) a right side support extending downward from the rearward portion of the right side of the seating surface to the rearward portion of the right side rocker rail, wherein both rocker rails are disposed generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the seating surface, and wherein the seating surface is cantilevered by the left side support and the right side support of the support carriage, the support carriage providing forward flexure of the rocking chair and allowing the seating surface to tip forwardly.