Chair with Beverage and Storage Features
A chair has a seat, a back an arm, a shelf, and a beverage holder. The seat and back provide a seating area for a person to sit, and the arm provides an area for resting a person's arms while seated in the seating area. The shelf is connected to the arm and extended therefrom. The shelf may or may not be integral to the arm. The arm may also provide a beverage holder. The beverage holder may or may not be integral to the arm.
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Outdoor and leisure chairs provide a place for people to relax and sit either alone or together with one or more people. In relaxing alone, a person might read a book, a newspaper, a magazine, or surf the Internet on an electronic device. And when relaxing or talking to others, a person may also want to enjoy a drink, such as a glass of wine, champagne, beer, soda, water or other type of drink, using containers with stemware, beer glasses, or other containers able to hold drinks.
When reading, usually, the items to be read, such as magazines, books, newspapers, or a laptop computer must be set on a person's lap or on a separate side table. Some chairs may provide a pocket for storage, but generally chairs, including outdoor chairs including larger chairs like Adirondack-style chairs do not provide any type of built-in storage and the use of an armrest for storage or placement of books precludes the armrest's use as an armrest.
Further, while cup holders are known, one of the more difficult containers to securely hold in place on any chair is a stemmed wine glass. Stemmed wine glasses, when filled, have a high center of gravity and are susceptible to tipping. They face a further disadvantage outdoors where wind and activity will tend to knock them off balance or spill their contents.
As such the logical places for resting such glasses, such as the armrest of a chair or the floor next to the chair are inconvenient places because they are prone to the glass tipping or spilling due to accidental knocking-over or due to irregular surfaces, such as grass or sand on the ground next to the chair.
SUMMARY OF THE EMBODIMENTSA chair has a seat, a back, two arms, one or more shelves, and one or two beverage holders. The seat and back provide a seating area for a person to sit, and the arms provide an area for resting a person's arms while seated in the seating area. A storage shelf may be connected to the arm and extended therefrom either in the back of the chair or to the side of the chair. The arm may also provide a way to securely hold a glass containing a beverage.
The chair described herein overcomes the disadvantages discussed in the background and improves upon known designs. Although the chair shown in the figures is an Adirondack style chair, this would not preclude incorporating the inventive features described herein in other chair styles.
The seat 110 and back 120 provide a seating area 150 for a person to sit, and the arms 130 provide an area for resting a person's arms while seated in the seating area 150.
The chair may also have a shelf 140 connected to the arm 130 and the upright 127, and extended therefrom as shown. Such a shelf 140 gives a place to rest books, magazines, glasses, a bottle, a bag, food plates, or other items that may not be suited for resting on the ground. As shown, the shelf 140 extends from the arm 130 and behind the seating area 150 but the shelf 140 could also extend from the arm 130 to the side of the person sitting in the chair 100. The arm 130 forms part of the shelf 140 and includes an armrest portion 135 and a shelf portion 160 along its length.
The shelf 140 could be one-piece or made from several parts, with a portion 160 integral to the arm 130, and a portion 170 not integral to the arm 130.
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The beverage holder 180 could be an integral part of the arm 130 or removably connected to the arm 130 as shown in
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While the invention has been described with reference to the embodiments above, a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand that various changes or modifications may be made thereto without departing from the scope of the claims.
Claims
1. A chair comprising:
- a seat;
- a back;
- an arm, wherein the seat and back provide a seating area for a person to sit, and the arm provides an area for resting a person's arms while seated in the seating area; and
- a shelf connected to the arm and extended therefrom.
2. The chair of claim 1, wherein the shelf extends from the arm and behind the seating area.
3. The chair of claim 1, further comprising another arm, wherein the shelf extends from the arm and another arm and behind the seating area.
4. The chair of claim 3, wherein the shelf is integral to the arms.
5. The chair of claim 1, wherein the arm comprises an armrest portion and a shelf portion that are integral to each other.
6. The chair of claim 1, wherein the shelf comprises a portion integral to the arm, and a portion not integral to the arm.
7. The chair of claim 1, wherein the arm comprises a beverage holder that is integral to the arm.
8. The chair of claim 7, wherein the beverage holder comprises a slot.
9. The chair of claim 8, wherein the slot comprises a channel and a resting area.
10. The chair of claim 9, wherein the channel comprises a cut though the arm.
11. The chair of claim 9, wherein the channel comprises a cut though the arm and the resting area comprises a rounded hole cut through the arm.
12. The chair of claim 7, wherein the beverage holder is removably connected to the arm.
13. The chair of claim 12, wherein the beverage holder comprises a slot.
14. The chair of claim 13, wherein the slot comprises a channel and a resting area.
15. The chair of claim 1, wherein the shelf is removably connected to the arm.
16. A chair comprising:
- a seat;
- a back; and
- an arm, wherein the seat and back provide a seating area for a person to sit, and the arm provides an area for resting a person's arms while seated in the seating area, wherein the arm comprises a beverage holder.
17. The chair of claim 16, wherein the beverage holder comprises a slot.
18. The chair of claim 17, wherein the slot comprises a channel and a resting area.
19. The chair of claim 18, wherein the channel comprises a cut though the arm and the resting area comprises a rounded hole cut through the arm.
20. The chair of claim 16, wherein the beverage holder is removably connected to the arm and another arm.
Type: Application
Filed: May 13, 2014
Publication Date: Nov 19, 2015
Applicant: (Doylestown, PA)
Inventor: Knut T. Fenner (Doylestown, PA)
Application Number: 14/276,129