Portable seat
OwnerSteven W. Teal, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An embodiment is a lightweight, packable seat that includes a seat platform, two shafts for support, straps with respective buckles, or similar, that secure the seat to a vertical object, such as a tree. The seat may be made of a lightweight flexible material that is held in a stiff orientation that extends outward from the tree through coupling to the upper strap at the proximal end of the seat and the shafts at a distal end of the seat, where the shafts project downward toward a proximal location at the tree at the lower strap. Use of the lower strap means that the shafts do not contact a ground surface, thereby providing stability. The shafts may be made of composites or aluminum, for example, such that the entire weight of the seat may weigh just a few ounces while exhibiting strengths and stability.
Claims9
A portable seat comprising:
- a flexible material having a proximal end and a distal end;
- an upper strap coupled to or configured to be coupled to the proximal end of the flexible material, the upper strap configured to secure the flexible material at the proximal end to a vertical object;
- a lower strap including at least one coupling feature;
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- at least two support shafts configured to be coupled to the distal end of the flexible material and the at least one coupling feature of the lower strap, the at least two support shafts including a first support shaft coupled to a first location of the distal end of the flexible material and a second support shaft coupled to a second location of the distal end of the flexible material, wherein the first location and the second location are separated, the at least two support shafts being configured to drive the first location of the distal end away from the second location of the distal end and to drive the distal end away from the proximal end in response to weight of a user applied to the flexible material, thereby enabling the flexible material to serve as a seating platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.