Base seat for bed, chair or sofa

• US 10,638,844 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lung-Tan Shih, Ruoey Lung Enterprise Corporation
• Original Assignee: Ruoey Lung Enterprise Corporation
• Inventors: Shih, Lung-Tan
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Shin H
• Application Number:
  US16/200,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20190246797A1
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 21/006 Oscillating, balancing or vibrating mechanisms connected to the bedstead for children's beds A47D9/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 3/0251 driven by electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 3/0255 pivotally mounted in the base frame, e.g. swings
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 3/0257 slidingly movable in the base frame, e.g. by rollers
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 3/027 with curved rocking members between seat and base frame
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 3/18 Chairs or stools with rotatable seat adjustable in height by rotation A47C3/24
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0142 Beds
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0149 Seat or chair

Abstract

A base seat, which is adapted for being used with a bed, a chair or a sofa, includes a fixation base, a first rocking mount disposed above the fixation base and driven by a first drive device to reciprocatingly swing back and forth relative to the fixation base, a second rocking mount disposed above the first rocking mount and driven by a second drive device to reciprocatingly swing from side to side relative to the first rocking mount, and a swivel mount disposed above the second rocking mount and driven by a third drive device to rotate about an imaginary vertical axis. As such, the base seat can swing back and forth, swing from side to side, and rotate, independently or simultaneously.

Claims

1. A base seat for being used with a bed, a chair, or a sofa, the base seat comprising:

a fixation base;

a first rocking mount disposed above the fixation base in a way that the first rocking mount is reciprocatingly swingable forward and backward relative to the fixation base;

a second rocking mount disposed above the first rocking mount in a way that the second rocking mount is reciprocatingly swingable leftward and rightward relative to the first rocking mount;

a swivel mount disposed above the second rocking mount in a way that the swivel mount is rotatable about an imaginary vertical axis;

a first drive device disposed between the fixation base and the first rocking mount to drive the first rocking mount to reciprocatingly swing forward and backward relative to the fixation base;

a second drive device disposed between the first rocking mount and the second rocking mount to drive the second rocking mount to reciprocatingly swing leftward and rightward relative to the first rocking mount; and

a third drive device disposed between the second rocking mount and the swivel mount to drive the swivel mount to rotate relative to the second rocking mount.

2. The base seat of claim 1, wherein the fixation base is provided with a plurality of longitudinally arranged rollers arranged in two parallel rows;

the first rocking mount is provided with two longitudinally extending arc rails in contact with the longitudinally arranged rollers.

3. The base seat of claim 2, wherein the first rocking mount is provided with a plurality of transversally arranged rollers arranged in two parallel rows;

the second rocking mount is provided with two transversally extending arc rails in contact with the transversally arranged rollers.

4. The base seat of claim 3, wherein the first rocking mount further comprises four posts extending downwardly from two ends of the two longitudinally extending arc rails respectively, a front rack connected with bottoms of two of the four posts, and a rear rack connected with bottoms of the other two of the four posts;

the transversally arranged rollers are respectively disposed on the front rack and the rear rack in a way that the two transversally extending arc rails extend downward and located between the two longitudinally extending arc rails.

5. The base seat of claim 1, comprising at least one sliding contact member disposed between the second rocking mount and the swivel mount.

6. The base seat of claim 5, wherein the sliding contact member is a roller, an engineering plastic block, a ball rotary mount or a universal ball.

7. The base seat of claim 5, wherein the second rocking mount comprises a pivot portion, and the swivel mount comprises a coupling portion coupled with the pivot portion of the second rocking mount.

8. The base seat of claim 2, wherein the longitudinally arranged rollers are located above and below the longitudinally extending arc rails, respectively.

9. The base seat of claim 3, wherein the transversally arranged rollers are located above and below the transversally extending arc rails, respectively.

10. The base seat of claim 1, wherein the first drive device comprises a first power source, a first crank, and a first link;

the first power source is disposed to the fixation base and provided with a first output shaft extending horizontally;

the first crank has an end connected with the first output shaft;

the first link has two ends pivotally connected with the first crank and the first rocking mount.

11. The base seat of claim 1, wherein the second drive device comprises a second power source, a second crank, and a second link;

the second power source is disposed to the first rocking mount and provided with a second output shaft extending horizontally;

the second crank has an end connected with the second output shaft;

the second link has two ends pivotally connected with the second crank and the second rocking mount.

12. The base seat of claim 1, wherein the third drive device comprises a third power source, a third crank, and a third link;

the third power source is disposed to the second rocking mount and provided with a third output shaft extending vertically;

the third crank has an end connected with the third output shaft;

the third link has two ends pivotally connected with the third crank and the swivel mount.