# US 10,477,974 B2 · Outdoor seating furniture > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,477,974 B2 - Document ID: US10477974B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/557,822 - Filed: 2016-03-17 - Published: 2018-11-29 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-18 - Applicants: Michael Könker - Inventors: Michael Könker - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10477974B2 ## CPC - A47C 7/66: Means to protect against weather - A47C 1/14: Beach chairs {; Chairs for outdoor use, e.g. chairs for relaxation or sun-tanning} - A47C 7/563: {provided with a back-rest moving with the seat} - A47C 7/566: {Resiliently mounted seat or back-rest} - A47C 7/60: Use of locks or ledges for limiting the seat movement - A47C 11/005: {having multiple separate seats} - F16B 1/00: Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts - A47C 1/121: having tipping-up seats - F16B 2200/83: Use of a magnetic material - A47C: CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract Outdoor seating furniture is provided, which includes at least one seat element arranged on a frame with a seat surface and a reverse side, wherein, in a basic state, the seat surface is oriented downwards and, in a functional state, the seat surface is oriented upwards. The seat element as part of a pivot bearing is pivotably mounted about the longitudinal axis of a transverse strut of the frame and is stabilized by force of gravity, force of spring, magnetic force and/or an electromechanical actuator in the basic state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Outdoor seating furniture that has at least one seating element arranged on a frame with a seat surface and a reverse side, wherein the seat surface is oriented downwards in a stable basic state and the seat surface is oriented upwards in an instable functional state, wherein the seating element is pivotably mounted around the longitudinal axis of a transverse strut of the frame as part of a pivot bearing and is transferred and stabilized by the force of gravity, spring force, magnetic force and/or an electromechanical actuator in the basic state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The outdoor seating furniture according to claim 1, wherein the centre of gravity of the seating element including the components connected with this on the same side of the pivot bearing is located closer to the seat surface than the longitudinal axis and, in the instable functional state, is situated above the longitudinal axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The outdoor seating furniture according to claim 1 wherein, when the seating element is horizontally oriented, the centre of gravity is located outside of the level determined by the vertical direction and the longitudinal axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The outdoor seating furniture according to claim 1, wherein the seating element is connected to the frame via at least a single drive element, the drive element is connected to an electrical drive unit, the reverse side of the seating element has solar cells electrically connected to the drive unit and at least one proximity sensor connected to the drive unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The outdoor seating furniture according to claim 4, wherein the drive element has a spring element that is tensioned in the functional state and in a state of relief in the basic state, the reverse side. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The outdoor seating furniture according to claim 1, wherein at least one backrest element with a backrest surface and the backside is pivotably mounted around the longitudinal axis of an additional strut of the frame that is parallel to the transverse strut, where the backrest surface is oriented downwards in a stable protective state in addition to the stable state and the backrest surface is oriented upwards in an instable position outside of the protective state, where in the backrest element is transferred and stabilized analogous to the seating element by the force of gravity, spring force, magnetic force and/or an electromechanical actuator in the protective state. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The outdoor seating furniture according to claim 1, wherein the spring element is arranged on the rigid transverse strut, tensioned in the functional state and transferring the seating element into the basic state upon removing of the tension. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The outdoor seating furniture according to claim 6, wherein the spring element is arranged on the rigid additional strut, tensioned in the instable position outside of the protective state and transferring the backrest element into the protective state upon removing of the tension. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The outdoor seating furniture according to claim 1, wherein within the support beam the drive unit is situated and/or a power pack, which is electrically connected to the solar cells. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The outdoor seating furniture according to claim 1, wherein the seating element can be snapped into various positions of its reverse side on the transverse strut in order to shift the centre of gravity with reference to the transverse strut and with reference to the edge of its surface located in the front in the functional state.