KnowraRocking chairRocking chairA chair mounted on curved runners or a rocking base, allowing it to rock back and forth when occupied.BriefConnectCurved runner: A curved support that lets furniture move smoothly along a limited path. The runners’ curvature sets the rocking chair’s motion and balance.Benjamin Franklin: An American printer, inventor, diplomat, and political thinker who lived from 1706 to 1790. A rocking chair associated with Franklin helped popularize the form in early America.Glider chair: A chair that moves back and forth on a fixed track rather than rocking on curved runners. Gliders provide a similar soothing motion with a different support mechanism.Chair: A piece of furniture designed to seat one person, usually with a back and four legs. The rocking chair is a specialized form of the chair.Armchair: A chair with side supports for resting the arms. An armchair can share the rocking chair’s shape without its moving base.Center of mass: The point at which an object's mass can be treated as concentrated for analyzing its motion. Shifting the occupant’s center of mass drives the chair’s rocking.Shaker furniture: Furniture made by the Shakers, a religious community known for functional craftsmanship and restrained design. Shaker workshops produced distinctive rocking chairs emphasizing utility and precise construction.Nursing chair: A chair designed to support feeding and caring for an infant. Rocking chairs have long served as seats for soothing and feeding babies.Furniture: Movable objects used to support human activities in homes, workplaces, and other spaces. Rocking chairs belong to the broader class of functional furnishings.Recliner: A chair with an adjustable back and often an extending footrest. A recliner changes posture through adjustable parts, not a rocking arc.Show all 25Linked from 2 pagesShow all 2