Collapsed To A Compact Bundle Having All Rigid Elongated Elements Extending In A Single Longitudinal Direction Patents (Class 297/16.2)
  • Patent number: 11944211
    Abstract: A child seat includes a front guard and a backrest frame respectively connected pivotally with the seat portion about a first and a second pivot axis, and a folding mechanism including a latch pivotally connected with the seat portion about a third pivot axis for locking and unlocking the front guard with respect to the seat portion, and a linking part coupled to the latch and pivotally connected with the backrest frame about a fourth pivot axis. A rotation of the backrest frame from a deployed position toward a collapsed position causes a displacement of the linking part that urges the latch to unlock the front guard. The first, third, second and fourth pivot axes are arranged in that order along a direction from a front to a rear of the seat portion when the backrest frame is in the collapsed position and the front guard in a folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Zhiren Zhong
  • Patent number: 11937709
    Abstract: A folding frame and an outdoor table or outdoor chair using the folding frame. The folding frame comprises a base, a plurality of support legs, and a plurality of extension support bars. Both sides on the upper end of the support leg are configured with a teeth part, and every two neighboring support legs are connected through meshing teeth. The base is configured with a locking module to lock the support legs when they are relatively unfolded. The locking module includes a pull rod seat, a spring sheathing the pull rod seat, a plurality of locking blocks, and the pull rod seat is pushed upward under the elastic force of the spring so that the locking block is pushed into the lock slots of the support legs. Thus, the support legs unfolded in relation to the base can be fixed and supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Dahai Xu
  • Patent number: 11877650
    Abstract: Tension-stabilized table structures and frame assemblies to form simplified flat packing furniture that eliminates all fasteners, welds, support hardware and braces. Simplified assembly of pre-tensioned structures providing improved stability, uniformity of support and visual aesthetics. The support systems consist of pre-bent tubes or rods that are linked together to form spring networks that are stabilized and locked together by the balancing of tension and compression. Tabletops or tensioning elements can complete the spring networks to provide tension to the entire assembly, resulting in highly stable tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: David Salz
  • Patent number: 11786041
    Abstract: A folding seat support frame includes an upper support frame detachably connected to a seat fabric and a lower support frame connected to the upper support frame, where the upper support frame includes an upper connector, short rods rotationally connected to the upper connector at a first limited angle, and upper connecting rods rotationally connected to the short rods at a second limited angle; the lower support frame includes a lower connector and lower connecting rods rotationally connected to the lower connector at a third limited angle; the lower connector and the upper connector are coaxially and rotationally connected; when the folding seat support frame is in an unfolded state, the lower connecting rods and the short rods are oriented to a side of the lower connector; when the folding seat support frame is in a folded state, the short rods are butted against the lower connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11751669
    Abstract: A backpack seat configured for allowing a user to sit in a chair like device while wearing the backpack. The backpack seat includes a tethering system configured for attaching to a backpack. The tethering system includes a plurality of straps that are can be adjustable and configured to attach to a variety of backpacks. A seat is attached to the bottom of the tethering system. At least one receiving cup is attached to the tethering system. The receiving cups are configured for receiving a first support rod and a second support rod. The backpack seat allows a user wearing a backpack to comfortable sit in the seat with the support from the support rods inserted into the receiving cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Kelly Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11717087
    Abstract: The present chair includes a scissoring straight leg and oblique support mechanism such that the chair may be folded between open and closed forms. The straight legs include lower feet and upper hubs. The oblique supports extend between the lower feet and upper hubs. The lower feet include structures that provide character to the folding chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, William D. Butterfield
  • Patent number: 11659932
    Abstract: A folding swing chair support, which comprises: two long rod sets formed by cross-hinging two long rods and two short rod sets formed by cross-hinging two short rods. The two long rod sets stand on the front and rear facades, respectively, and the two sides are hinged by short rod sets to form an associated support as a whole; the upper ends of the two long rods in the long rod sets form suspension points, and the lower ends thereof function to support on the ground. The utility model is characterized by ingenious conception, stable structure, folding and unfolding linkage, and smooth operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Zenithen USA, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
  • Patent number: 11490732
    Abstract: A stairlift chair has a hand control displaceable in a fore/aft direction. Other aspects include a hand control which is mounted at a point beneath the armrest and a fabric covering which is applied to the armrests and the backrest support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: STANNAH STAIRLIFTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexander Henry Gage Wilson, Benjamin Dobbin
  • Patent number: 11389003
    Abstract: A folding chair can include a seat pan being formed by a pair of seat bars. The seat pan can be tensioned by a pair of vertical legs. The chair can also include a backrest formed by a pair of diagonally extending backrest bars, a front frame formed by a pair of cross bars, a rear frame formed by rear cross bars, and a pair of armrests. The vertical legs can each be provided with a lower leg and an upper leg. The inner leg can be configured to telescope out of the outer leg and at least one of the vertical legs can be provided with a latch for locking the outer leg to the inner leg. The latch can include a trigger and a projection can be configured to rotate the projection out of a slot formed in the inner leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Winterhalter, Michael Cieszko, Evan Goldberg, Derek Sullivan, Donald Edward Desroches
  • Patent number: 11382433
    Abstract: Provided is a device for changing a frame angle of a foldable article. The device combines frames using a connecting and assembling member and an elastic string and makes up a leg or a support frame of the foldable article. The connecting and assembling member with which a first end of the elastic string is combined and which has multiple combination grooves in such a manner that the frame combined with a second end of the elastic string is selectively combined with the connecting and assembling member. The first end of elastic string is combined with the connecting and assembling member, and the second end of the elastic string is combined with the frame such that the frame can be elastically operated. The frame is combined with the first end of the elastic string and is elastically insertable into or separable from the connecting and assembling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Characin Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Kwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11382427
    Abstract: A folding chair, comprising two sets of link assemblies that are connected to each other and are respectively located at two sides of the folding chair, wherein the link assembly comprises a least a backrest tube (2), an armrest (4), a seat tube (7), a front foot tube (8), a rear foot tube (9), a connecting tube (10) and a connecting portion, wherein the armrest (4) is rotatably connected with the backrest tube (2), wherein the connecting tube (10) is connected with the backrest tube (2), wherein the connecting tube (10) is rotatably connected with the backrest tube (2), wherein the connecting tube (10) is rotatably connected with the front foot tube (8), wherein a top end of the front foot tube (8) is rotatably connected with a top end of the rear foot tube (9), wherein the top end of the front foot tube (8) and/or the top end of the rear foot tube (9) is connected with the armrest (4), wherein the seat tube (7) is rotatably connected with the backrest tube (2) and the front foot tube (8), wherein the seat t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: WESTFIELD OUTDOORS GMBH
    Inventor: Baoqing Yang
  • Patent number: 11350755
    Abstract: A foldable chair, comprises a foldable chair frame (10) and a chair seat (1) made of a flexible material; the chair frame (10) comprising an X-shaped left support frame (101), an X-shaped right support frame (102) connected through a connecting crossbar (3), the chair seat (1) is connected to the chair frame (10) through a plurality of connecting pieces; a detachable pole (2) extends from top to bottom of the chair frame (10), and the connecting crossbar (3) has two first through holes (34) for the poles (2) to pass through; correspondingly, the connecting crossbar (3) has two second through holes (33) for a plurality of support tubes (100) to pass through; each pole (2) and the corresponding support tube (100) forms the X-shaped left or right support frame. This chair has the advantages of simple and reasonable structure, easy installation and disassembly, simple manufacture process and low cost, and is especially suitable for carrying around when traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Ninghai Xingda Leisure Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jinxue Hu
  • Patent number: 11166558
    Abstract: A joint to connect frame members to form a frame of a chair. The joint has a first receptacle to receive a leg in a first position in which the leg extends in a first direction to support the frame of the chair at a distance above a surface, the leg attached to the frame via a cord. The joint has a second receptacle to receive the leg in a second position in which the leg extends in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, so that the joint rests on the surface, the second receptacle having an axially-oriented slot along a sidewall thereof to allow the cord to pass through into a central portion of the second receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CASCADE MOUNTAIN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Leach
  • Patent number: 10758054
    Abstract: A double folding chair has a left chair with a left chair front inside foot and a left chair front inside joint. A left chair front cross brace supports the a left chair front inside joint above the left chair front inside foot. The left chair front cross brace unfolds to an expanded configuration. A right chair has a right chair front inside foot and a right chair front inside joint. A right chair front cross brace supports the right chair front inside joint above the right chair front inside foot. The right chair front cross brace unfolds to an expanded configuration. An upper hinge connects the right chair front inside joint to the left chair front inside joint. A lower hinge connects the right chair front inside foot to the left chair front inside foot. A middle mesh panel connects the left chair to the right chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Wang
  • Patent number: 10729256
    Abstract: A three pivot point foldable frame has first and second lower front hubs, first and second upper front hubs, a lower rear hub, and an upper rear hub. Six support members interconnect the hubs. First and second support members pivotally engage each other at a first pivot. Third and fifth support members pivotally engage each other at a second pivot. Fourth and sixth support members pivotally engage each other at a third pivot. A child seat or lounger is engaged to the upper hubs. The frame folds out to an operating position and in to a compact position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian M. McMahon, Caleb Summers
  • Patent number: 10722034
    Abstract: A folding chair can include a seat pan being formed by a pair of seat bars. The seat pan can be tensioned by a pair of vertical legs. The chair can also include a backrest formed by a pair of diagonally extending backrest bars, a front frame formed by a pair of cross bars, a rear frame formed by rear cross bars, and a pair of armrests. In one example, the seat pan and the backrest can be formed of a suspension fabric. The vertical legs can each be provided with a lower leg and an upper leg. The inner leg can be configured to telescope out of the outer leg and at least one of the vertical legs can be provided with a latch for locking the outer leg to the inner leg. The latch can include a rocker and a projection can be configured to rotate the projection out of a slot formed in the inner leg. The backrest can be provided with a tensioner for maintaining the backrest in the unfolded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Winterhalter, Michael Cieszko, Evan Goldberg, Derek G. Sullivan, Donald Edward Desroches
  • Patent number: 10660443
    Abstract: A folding chair includes a left side folding mechanism, a right side folding mechanism, a front supporting mechanism, a rear supporting mechanism and a load-bearing structure. Therefore, not only can the folding chair be folded up like an umbrella and thus takes up little space and is portable, but the folding chair can also be unfolded and thus demonstrates high stability and high load-bearing capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SPORT DIVISION INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Hao Tsai
  • Patent number: 10575655
    Abstract: A foldable chair includes a main plate and a support plate. The support plate is hinged along a first rim to a rear side, along a central, longitudinal, top-down, axis, of the main plate. The main plate has a seat plate and a foot-rest plate each hinged along an upper edge to the main plate in corresponding apertures of the main plate. The support plate includes bracket portions extending, in the plane of the support plate, from the first rim, in each corresponding position corresponding to the apertures, for pushing the plates up to an operative position and supporting each of the seat plate and the foot-rest plate in an unfolded, operative, position when the plane of the support plate is arranged perpendicular to the plane of the main plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Inventor: Sindre Hjelmeland
  • Patent number: 10531740
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a collapsible chair having a collapsible lateral support rod, a pair of front legs, a pair of front chair support rods, and a pair of mechanical junctions configured to couple with an associated pair of poles, such that the collapsible chair is adapted to collapse into an easy-to-carry volume. In an illustrative example, the mechanical junctions may be releasably and/or shock-cord-coupled to various support rods and/or legs. The mechanical junctions may include locking mechanisms to lock the associated poles into a fixed position relative to the mechanical junctions, for example. The collapsible chair may include gear loops for hanging of gear from the collapsible chair. In various embodiments, a collapsible chair may advantageously provide a full size, lightweight chair configured for compact storage in a stowage bag for high portability during outdoor hiking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Steven Graybill
  • Patent number: 10455941
    Abstract: A collapsible butterfly chair comprises a support frame and a chair cover. The support frame comprises two first side support rods, two second side support rods, two front crossed rods hinged together in crossed mode, two rear crossed rods hinged together in a crossed mode, and two support rods. The first side support rods and the second side support rods are hinged together in a crossed mode and separately arranged on two opposite side vertical faces. Two sliding sleeves are slidably arranged on the two first side support rods in a sleeving mode separately. The lower ends of the support rods are hinged to the sliding sleeves. The upper ends of the support rods are hinged to the upper ends of the second side support rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNSHINE LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhu, Xuefeng Zheng
  • Patent number: 10285503
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a collapsible chair having a collapsible lateral support rod, a pair of front legs, a pair of front chair support rods, and a pair of mechanical junctions configured to couple with an associated pair of poles, such that the collapsible chair is adapted to collapse into an easy-to-carry volume. In an illustrative example, the mechanical junctions may be releasably and/or shock-cord-coupled to various support rods and/or legs. The mechanical junctions may include locking mechanisms to lock the associated poles into a fixed position relative to the mechanical junctions, for example. The collapsible chair may include gear loops for hanging of gear from the collapsible chair. In various embodiments, a collapsible chair may advantageously provide a full size, lightweight chair configured for compact storage in a stowage bag for high portability during outdoor hiking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Steven Graybill
  • Patent number: 10172463
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are portable, collapsible rocking chairs for outdoor use. These rocking chairs have a plurality of chair arms (each chair arm having a proximal end and a distal end), a removable seat coupled to and supported by the distal ends of the plurality of chair arms, and a rocker assembly for rocking. An exemplary rocker assembly includes two rocker rails, one or more cross bars coupled to the rocker rails, and a plurality of arm ports for removably receiving the proximal end of each chair arm. Some rocker assemblies also include one or more hubs coupled to each rocker rail. The chair arms may comprise one or more hollow pole segments and an elastic cord coupling the pole segments and the rocker assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Jon Arruda, Steve Nagode, Nasahn Adam Sheppard
  • Patent number: 10159356
    Abstract: A three pivot point foldable frame has first and second lower front hubs, first and second upper front hubs, a lower rear hub, and an upper rear hub. Six support members interconnect the hubs. First and second support members pivotally engage each other at a first pivot. Third and fifth support members pivotally engage each other at a second pivot. Fourth and sixth support members pivotally engage each other at a third pivot. A child seat or bedding having a receptacle formed therein is engaged to the upper hubs. The frame folds out to an operating position and in to a compact position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian M. McMahon, Caleb Summers
  • Patent number: 9974388
    Abstract: The folding chair comprises a group of foot pipes, a group of seat frame pipes, a group of rotating connection pipes, a group of locking pipes and fabric. The group of foot pipes comprises a left and a right foot pipes. Armrest fixing pieces are fixedly installed on the upper ends of the foot pipes. A limiting piece is fixed in the middle of the foot pipes. A sliding piece is sleeved below the limiting piece. The upper ends of the four rotating pipes are rotatably connected with the seat frame pipes through a seat frame rotating piece; the other end of the four rotating pipes is rotatably connected with another linkage pipe of the four rotating pipes through a rotating piece fixed thereto; the rotating pipes are symmetrically arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Feng Lv
  • Patent number: 9854914
    Abstract: A folding chair enables a user to easily change directions in a sitting state. The user's posture can be supported to prevent sagging in response to the weight of the sitting user. The folding chair includes a lower block having a first stopper connected with an end of each of the legs of the chair. The first stopper parts limit the other ends of the legs from rotating in the lower central direction. An upper block has a second stopper that horizontally rotates based on an axial connection to the lower block and is connected to an end of each of a plurality of support parts. The second stoppers limit the other ends of the support parts from rotating in the lower central direction. A seat connects the other ends of the support parts. The legs and the support parts can be folded or unfolded in the same directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ING LEISURE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji Soo Yoo
  • Patent number: 9468297
    Abstract: First and second U-shaped cross-members each include a front portion, a rear portion, and a cross bar connecting the front portion to the rear portion. The front and rear portions of the cross-members are pivotally connected with each other at central portions thereof. Left and right frame side assemblies are pivotally connected to the cross-members and have lateral portions that extend generally parallel the cross bars of the cross-members. The cross-members are mutually movable from a generally X-shaped setup condition in which the cross bars of the cross-members are transversely spaced apart from one another and the lateral portions of the left and right frame side assemblies also are transversely spaced apart from one another, to a generally flat collapsed condition in which the left and right frame side assemblies are nested within an envelope defined by the collapsed cross-members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: GCI Outdoor Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel R. Grace
  • Patent number: 9315165
    Abstract: A vehicle interior device, in particular to an aircraft interior device, includes at least one power supply interface and at least one power supply unit. The power supply unit is implemented by an energy harvesting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Höllerer
  • Patent number: 9066597
    Abstract: A compact collapsible chair includes upper tubes, leg tubes, a central tube connector and a seat back. The upper tubes are formed from detachable sections. Lower ends of the upper tubes are inserted into upper holes in the central tube connector, and upper ends of the leg tubes are inserted into lower holes in the central tube connector. Upper ends of the upper tubes fit into tube receptacles in the seat back. No part of the upper tubes other than the upper and lower ends contacts any part of the collapsible chair. The upper holes are disposed in an upper portion of the central tube connector that swivels over a lower portion into which the lower holes are bored. The upper portion and the attached upper tubes swivel about a cylinder that passes through the upper and lower portions but does not extend above or below the central tube connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: FIMAX International Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Youn Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9016796
    Abstract: A portable stool for providing convenient seating comprising: a base, where the base is placed on a surface during use of the stool; a support post, where the support post extends vertically from the base; a telescoping post connected to the support post, where the telescoping post is vertically adjustable; openings along the telescoping post; seat posts, where the seat posts extend vertically from the openings; and a nylon seat attached to each distal end of the seat posts. The telescoping post may include three openings and a seat post extends from each opening. In one particular embodiment, the posts extend at an angle from each opening. The support post may include an adjustment slot. Inherently the portable stool further includes a collapsed position and an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Erwin Portis
  • Patent number: 8997766
    Abstract: A walking stick chair includes a main stick, a seat unit, a support unit, and a linking unit. The seat unit includes a sleeve member connected in a fixed position to the main stick, and a seat member connected pivotally to the sleeve member and operable between a folded state and an unfolded state. The support unit is connected pivotally to the main stick. The linking unit is connected pivotally to the support unit and the seat member. When the seat member is at the unfolded state, the walking stick chair serves as a chair, and when the seat member is operated from the unfolded state to the folded state, the walking stick chair is converted from the chair to a walking stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventor: Chih-Ting Pao
  • Publication number: 20150091336
    Abstract: A self-aligning, compactable, collapsible seating structure formed by sections of hollow tubing, each hollow tubing component has a first end having a first diameter and a second opposing region having a second, reduced diameter. Reduced diameter regions are insertable into said tubing regions having a first diameter to form a self-aligning joint. A pair of rigid, U-shape frames are rotatively connected together to form an A-frame shaped support. Dimensions of the chair in an operational, deployed configuration may be reduced along two dimensions (i.e., height, length) into a compacted configuration for storage or transport. The novel chair may be compacted into a thin bundle that may be rolled up in and contained within fabric that forms a portion of the chair. In its compacted, rolled up state, the novel chair is suitable for transportation within a backpack or other such enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher Loney
  • Patent number: 8991915
    Abstract: A utility tray apparatus is provided which is attachable to lightweight foldable chairs. The chairs generally consist of tubular frames with fabric seat and backrests. The utility tray apparatus has a body portion and a tray portion. The body portion has two channels formed therein. The channels are suitable for receipt of the tubular leg members of the chair. The channels are tapered such that an interference fit is achieved when the diameter of the tubular leg member matches the width of the respective channel. An attachment member may be provided which fits within the channels of the body portion. The attachment member having a clamp on the bottom thereof suitable for clamping to a square or circular tubular member, such as a rail on a deer stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Stanley Mittelsted
  • Patent number: 8991920
    Abstract: A collapsible infant bouncer comprising support assembly configured with a pair of intersecting support rods pivotally articulated to one another, each support rod configured with at least a top link and a bottom link foldable about a folding joint, and a flexible seating member mounted on the support assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Tiny Love Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoshana Oren, Giora Shachal
  • Patent number: 8979188
    Abstract: The present invention is a single leg sitting device which has a collapsible leg which fits inside the seat for compact transportation or to turning the seat into a walking stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventors: Walden Blaine Crabtree, Jr., Lee Thomas Gately
  • Patent number: 8979184
    Abstract: A camp chair that levels to accommodate uneven ground and swivels. In the various embodiments, the camp chair includes a swivel assembly between the seat and the legs. The camp chair collapses into a compact portable configuration for transportation and expands into an operable seating configuration. The length of each leg is individually adjustable to allow leveling of the camp chair for use on an uneven or inclined surface. The camp chair optionally includes attachment points for connecting accessories. The swivel assembly allows the seat and any attachments to rotate freely about the vertical axis of the camp chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventors: Todd W. Stafford, Michael Allison
  • Publication number: 20150048657
    Abstract: A folding lounge chair for resting on a ground surface has an arrangement of struts mutually hinged so that the struts are able to be bundled in a common parallel pack for compact storage and for carrying about. When unfolded, the user sits on a cloth such as a towel which is supported at the top of upright struts at one end of the cloth and by the ground surface and by further struts in contact with the ground. A sun shade is mounted on the upright struts in a position for shading the user, and may be folded out of the way when not wanted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Joseph Michael Sabina
  • Patent number: 8931831
    Abstract: A lightweight, compact foldable beach chair is presented. The present invention beach chair features an upper seatback portion and a lower sand engagement portion. The seatback portion forms the backrest of the chair and the sand engagement portion anchors the chair in sand. The beach sand itself serves as the seat support for a user. The seatback and sand engagement portions are interconnected by a hub such that the seatback portion and sand engagement portion can rotate about the hub from an open, ready for use position, to a closed position for carrying. The new beach chair includes a detent system such that the seatback and sand engagement portions lock together when in the open and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Inventor: Gregory Bassenian
  • Publication number: 20140368003
    Abstract: A chair assembly comprising a backrest, a fan assembly, and an airflow guide associated with the backrest in a manner such that airflow emitted from the fan assembly exits the chair assembly through the backrest. The assembly in various embodiments is, for example, a collapsible lawn chair, a quad chair, a bleacher chair, or an accessory for a wheelchair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: TRAVELING BREEZE LEISURE PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Squires, Steven Lee Garner
  • Publication number: 20140346818
    Abstract: The present application provides a folding chair including a first backrest tube, on which a first through-hole bracket is sleeved; a second backrest tube, on which a second through-hole bracket is sleeved; a first connecting component connecting the first backrest tube and the second backrest tube; a first intersecting tube including a first front-leg tube and a first rear-leg tube which are articulated to one another; a second intersecting tube including a second front-leg tube and a second rear-leg tube which are articulated to one another; and a second connecting component connecting the first intersecting tube and the second intersecting tube. The folding chair further comprises a first waist-rest portion and a second waist-rest portion which are symmetrically arranged, and are configured to fit a waist curve when the folding chair is unfolded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG HENGFENG TOP LEISURE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Baoqing YANG
  • Patent number: 8876203
    Abstract: A chair operable between an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration includes one or more legs, a handle and a locking mechanism. The one or more legs support a seat and the handle extends away from the seat opposite the one or more legs. The locking mechanism includes a lock plug disposed in an elongate trough. Movement of the handle between the extended and collapsed configurations involves depressing the lock plug and flipping the trough to an opposite side of the lock plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Abida LLC
    Inventors: Roland A. Haertl, David E. Gilman
  • Publication number: 20140312659
    Abstract: A chair with cold protection hand pockets includes a chair body having a seat, a backrest upward extended from a rear edge of the seat, and two armrests located above two lateral side of the seat; and a base located below the chair body to support the seat at a predetermined height from the ground. Two cold protection hand pockets are provided on front ends of the two armrests. Each of the cold protection hand pockets encloses a receiving space having an inlet opening, via which a user may extend one hand into the receiving space. When the chair is used outdoors, the user may rest two arms on the armrests with two hands extended through the inlet openings into the receiving spaces of the cold protection hand pockets to achieve the purpose of protecting hands against cold and wind while keeping hands warm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: FTI GROUP (HOLDING) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: FTI GROUP (HOLDING) COMPANY LIMITED
  • Patent number: 8864223
    Abstract: A collapsible quad chair has a frame selectively moveable between a collapsed configuration of the chair and a use configuration of the chair, and a fabric frame cover attachable to the frame to define a back portion and a seat portion of the chair. A support is coupled to the frame and a plate is mounted on the support. The plate is sized and shaped to provide a user sitting in the chair with a surface suitable for allowing the user to rest a dish of food while eating a meal while sitting in the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: American Recreation Products, LLC.
    Inventors: Nels Larson, Erin Doubleday, Matt Wagner
  • Publication number: 20140306493
    Abstract: A swiveling folding chair is provided. The chair swivels independently of the legs of the chair. The chair includes a drawstring to fold the arms or legs of the chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Obolewicz, Craig A. Hills
  • Patent number: 8794698
    Abstract: A foldable, deployable chair for video game controller presentation has a folding frame supporting a chair seat, a back support, and left and right armrests, a substantially planar hand controller support surface extending from the forward end of one of the left and right armrests to the forward end of the other left and right armrest, the controller support surface pivoted to a frame extension at one end, and resting on a frame extension at the other end, surface is substantially horizontal and may be raised and rotated about the pivot at the frame extension at the one end, allowing a user to be seated and then lowered about the pivot, presenting the controller support surface the seated user in a position within comfortable reach of a user's hands, and a fastening interface on the hand controller support surface adapted to fasten the hand-operable controller devices to the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Bryan K. Halsey
  • Patent number: 8764105
    Abstract: A folding chair having at least one offset pyramid hinge, two chair legs, a chair-backing, and a seating member which can fold substantially flat in a closed position, and can substantially lock open in an opened position. The offset hinge of the chair promotes the chair remaining in either a flattened or open position by positioning the intersecting junctions at apices which are offset from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventor: Alexander Gendell
  • Publication number: 20140167455
    Abstract: A folding and reclining chair has first left and right side poles pivotally attached to left and right rear feet. Risers are pivotally attached to the left and right side poles. An angle fitting is rigidly attached to each riser. Back poles are pivotally attached to the angle fittings. A flexible material is attached to or supported by the back poles to provide a back rest. A position lock may be associated with the angle fitting for locking the back pole into one of two or more positions. The chair may be a quad type chair having sliding front and rear connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: PRO PERFORMANCE SPORTS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Allen Holland
  • Patent number: 8720988
    Abstract: Certain embodiments described herein are directed to portable devices operative as high chairs. The devices are collapsible to facilitate easy set-up and take down and can be configured in many different manners. In certain embodiments, safety features may also be included in the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Tomfoolery Designs, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan A. Underwood, Christine F. Underwood
  • Patent number: 8702166
    Abstract: A chair support apparatus includes partially affixed first and second flexible panels with a first and second outer periphery portion respectively, also a plurality of channels are formed between the first and second flexible panels bounded by the partial affixment. Also, a plurality of straps are disposed within each one of the channels, wherein each of the straps has a pair of extensions that extend beyond the first and second outer peripheries, each strap has a slip fit engagement within each channel allowing relative movement between the first and second flexible panels and the strap. Operationally, each of the strap extensions is engaged to a beam of a chair for drawing taut a plurality of portions of the first and second flexible panels resulting in a remaining plurality of portions of the first and second flexible panels drooping from the relative movement as between the taut portions to retain accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventor: Paul Edward Brunner
  • Patent number: 8690236
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a frame having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. A first membrane is coupled to the frame and includes a seat portion with first and second openings. A second membrane is couplable to the first membrane and/or the frame and is configured to be moved between a first position in which the second membrane covers the first and second openings, and a second position in which the first and second openings are not covered by the second membrane. The frame and the first membrane are configured to support a user in a seated position when the second membrane is in the first position and the frame is expanded, the first and second openings are each configured to receive a leg of a user when the second membrane is in the second position and the frame is expanded to support the user in a standing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Swimways Corporation
    Inventors: Kristine Rose Gorinas, John P. Oliver
  • Patent number: 8646835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lightweight collapsible portable chairs. In one embodiment, the portable chair has a sling and a chair frame which includes a first pair of bars and a second pair of bars. Each bar of the first pair of bars includes a joint configured to contact a ground surface. In another embodiment, the chair frame includes a front of bars, a back pair of bars, a pair of joints and a center bar configured to securely couple the pair of back joints to each other. In some embodiments, the chair frame includes a front support assembly. In other embodiments, the chair frame includes a pair of lower bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Alite Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel B. Homans, Tae Wan Kim