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A rocking chair dhair rocker is a type of chair with two curved bands also known as rockers attached to the bottom eprings the legs, connecting the legs on each side to each other. The rockers contact the floor at only two points, giving the occupant the ability to rock back and forth by shifting their weight or pushing lightly with their feet.

Some rocking chairs can fold. The word rocking chair comes from the verb to rock. Rocking chairs are often seen as evocative of parentingas the gentle rocking motion soothes infants and sends them off to sleep.

Many adults find rocking chairs soothing because of the gentle motion. Gentle rocking motion has been shown to provide faster onset of sleep than remaining stationary, mimicking the process of a parent rocking a child to sleep. Rocking chairs are also comfortable because, when a user sits in one without rocking, the chair dexter rocking chair springs rocks backward until the sitter's center of gravity is met, thus granting an ergonomic benefit with the occupant kept at an un-stressed position and angle.

Varieties of rockers include those mounted on a spring base or platform called "platform rockers" and those with swinging braces commonly known as gliders. Though American inventor Rockiny Franklin is sometimes credited with inventing the rocking chair, dexter rocking chair springs actually trace the rocking chair's origins to North America during the early 18th century, when Franklin was a child. Originally used in gardens, they were simply ordinary chairs with rockers attached.

It was in that early rocking chairs first appeared in England. The production of wicker rocking chairs reached its peak in Dexter rocking chair springs during the middle of the 18th century. These wicker rockers, as they were popularly known, were famous for their craftsmanship and creative designs. Rocking cradles long predate rocking chairs however and an example dexter rocking chair springs from antiquity, dexter rocking chair springs in the ruins of Herculaneum.

Michael Thoneta German craftsman, created the chaif bentwood rocking chair in These rocking chairs were influenced by Greek and Roman designs as well as Renaissance and colonial era artistry.

During the s, however, folding rocking chairs became more popular in the United States and in Europe. Dexter rocking chair springs were handy for outdoor activities and travel purposes. By the s, rocking chairs built by Sam Maloofan American craftsman, became famous for their durability and deluxe appearance.

Maloof's rocking chairs are distinguished by their ski-shaped rockers. Dexter rocking chair springs John F. InKennedy, who suffered with chronic back problems, was prescribed swimming and the use of a rocking chair by his dexter rocking chair springs. The President so enjoyed the rocker that, after he was inaugurated inhe took the chair on Air Force One when he traveled around the country and the world.

He bought additional rockers for Camp David and for the Kennedy estates; and he gave them as gifts to friends, dexter rocking chair springs, and heads of state. Kennedy's rocking chair from the White House is on permanent display at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. Per the manufacturing design, the Kennedy Rocking Chair is shapedsteam-bent, and assembled while the wood is still green.

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