Steven C Engle

US Patent:

6702382, Mar 9, 2004

Filed:

Mar 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/094725

Inventors:

Michael Hoover - Montgomery AL 36116
Steven Engle - Mobile AL 36608

International Classification:

A47C 302

US Classification:

2972701, 297DIG 7, 2972703

Abstract:

The present invention discloses a lift system for a rocker recliner comprising a rocker limiter and a plurality of chair base lifts which can be retrofitted to existing rocker recliners. The rocker limiter is a device having an arcuate face whereby the device can be fixedly positioned to the rocker cam or rocker base limiting the movement of the rocker mechanism in one direction. The chair base lifts are a plurality of interlocking blocks or a single block that are engagingly positioned beneath the chair support base to raise the rocker recliner by a distance determined by the number and thickness of chair height lifts positioned thereunder.