Swiveled rocker box and base

Abstract

A rocker box for furniture and the like, comprising: a rockable top plate having two pairs of parallel laterally-spaced outer-depending side and inner-depending supplementary flanges containing perforations cooperatively providing four pivot-receiving openings on a common transverse axis, one outer side and one inner supplementary flange being located at each of the opposite sides of the box, each inner supplementary flange being spaced inwardly from the corresponding outer side flange so as to cooperate therewith in delimiting an interposed upper flange space; a non-rockable bottom plate having one pair of parallel laterally-spaced outer upright side flanges, one for each upper flange space, each upright side flange projecting upwardly from the bottom plate into the corresponding upper flange space where it is parallel to the corresponding depending side and supplementary flanges, said pair of upright flanges cooperatively providing two more pivot-receiving openings on said common transverse axis; and a pair of laterally-spaced flange-interconnecting pivotal structures mounting the top plate upon the bottom plate for rocking movement out of a neutral position between extreme forward and rearward rocking positions, one pivotal structure at each side of the box, each structure including a bushing mounted on the upright flange and a top plate pivot pin within the bore of each bushing; and front and rear rubber blocks between plates.