Spring Attached Patents (Class 297/259.4)
  • Patent number: 11596243
    Abstract: A chair facilitates both rocking and bouncing. The chair includes a base adapted to support a seating portion, the seating portion having a surface adapted to be sat on by a user. The seating portion has a bouncing mechanism, such as an exercise ball. A rocking mechanism is provided to cause the base to rock. The rocking mechanism facilitates the rocking back and forth of the user when the user is seated on the seating portion, and the bouncing mechanism facilitates the bouncing of the user when the user is seated on the seating portion. The bouncing is in a bouncing direction that is different than the direction of rocking. The chair is particularly useful for calming a baby and/or for facilitating stimming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Dianna Lynn Roberts
  • Patent number: 7997651
    Abstract: An improved knockdown chair having opposing substantially C shaped support arms, substantially L shaped tubular seating arrangement, sock type seating portion cover, front reinforcing member, and bottom reinforcing member, wherein each of the opposing substantially C shaped support arms are of laminate construction and have an upper arcuate arm support, front arcuate portion, and substantially straight bottom, the substantially L shaped tubular seating arrangement having a tubular seat back and tubular sitting portion telescopically interconnected one to the other, and wherein each of the opposing substantially C shaped support arms is opposingly removably fastened to the substantially L shaped tubular seating arrangement, the improvement comprising combination with each of the opposing substantially C shaped support arms of a substantially S shaped reinforcing member of laminate construction removably fastened to the upper arcuate arm support and the substantially straight bottom for reinforcing each of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Inventor: Ziming Shen
  • Patent number: 7775590
    Abstract: An improved knockdown chair having opposing substantially C shaped support arms, substantially L shaped tubular seating arrangement, sock type seating portion cover, front reinforcing member, and bottom reinforcing member, wherein each of the opposing substantially C shaped support arms are of laminate construction and have an upper arcuate arm support, front arcuate portion, and substantially straight bottom, the substantially L shaped tubular seating arrangement having a tubular seat back and tubular sitting portion telescopically interconnected one to the other, and wherein each of the opposing substantially C shaped support arms is opposingly removably fastened to the substantially L shaped tubular seating arrangement, the improvement comprising combination with each of the opposing substantially C shaped support arms of a substantially S shaped reinforcing member of laminate construction removably fastened to the upper arcuate arm support and the substantially straight bottom for reinforcing each of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Inventor: Ziming Shen
  • Patent number: 7093900
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat with a stable base wherein the angle of inclination of the seating surface can be moved around a pivot provided between the base and the seating surface, the latter being forced to move continuously and cyclically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Inventor: Gisela Schon