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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2018
Cooper C. Woodring, Wakefield, RI (US);
Cooper C. Woodring, Wakefield, RI (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a one-piece, injection-molded stackable rocking chair. More specifically, it is directed to the configuration of the rockers that join the rocking chair's front and rear legs. The rockers' interiors contain a plurality of closely-spaced thin-wall ribs configured so that the rocker's interior structure provides the rigidity and structural integrity necessary to pass the government and industry strength tests. The thin-wall ribs may be, for example, configured in a zigzag manner, forming acute angles with respect to the rockers' sidewalls to form triangular-shaped and/or parallelogram-shaped cells. The rockers' top surface may be open so that the thin-wall ribs and cells are visible from above and the rockers' bottom surfaces are closed to spread the weight of an occupied rocking chair over an area large enough to not damage the floor upon which the rocking chair sits. Alternatively, to provide a different aesthetic, the top may be closed and the bottom open. Two such rockers are integrally injection-molded with a rocking chair body to form a one-piece, injection-molded, stackable rocking chair, preferably in resin and preferably in a two-part mold.