Kit for adapting foldable chairs to make them suitable as carriers for umbrellas and other elongate objects

A mount for an elongate object comprising

• (a) a generally planar member having a front side, a back side, a top, a bottom and first and second opposed ends, the generally planar member having a length extending between the first and second ends;
• (b) first means projecting from the front side of the generally planar member for receiving the first end of the elongate object, wherein the first means comprises a U-shaped cup with legs of the U-shaped cup projecting from a central portion of the front side of the generally planar member, the U-shaped cup having a longitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the length of the generally planar member, wherein the U-shaped cup comprises an open top and a closed or substantially closed bottom that prevents the first end of the elongate object from extending below the bottom of the generally planar member with the first end of the elongate object received in the U-shaped cup, and wherein the bottom of the U-shaped cup is aligned with the bottom of the generally planar member;
• (c) second means projecting from the back side of the generally planar member for mounting the article on a tubular member of a foldable chair with the foldable chair in a folded configuration, wherein the second means comprises first and second fins projecting from a central portion of the back side of the generally planar member, the first and second fins defining an opening for mounting the mount on the first tubular member of the foldable chair, the opening being in the shape of a partial cylinder having a longitudinal axis that is parallel to the length of the generally planar member, the opening being dimensioned to allow the first and second fins to partially encircle the tubular member and enable the mount to slide along the first tubular member with the mount mounted on the first tubular member, wherein a bottom of the first fin is aligned with the bottom of the generally planar member and the second fin is disposed above the first fin on the back of the generally planar member.

A method for transporting an elongate object together with a folded chair comprising the steps of:

• (i) providing a kit for mounting an elongate object on the folded chair, wherein the folded chair comprises a frame that comprises (i) first and second tubular members disposed parallel to each other and (ii) third and fourth tubular members disposed parallel to each other and perpendicular to the first and second tubular members, the elongate object comprising opposed first and second ends and a shaft extending between the first and second ends of the elongate object, wherein the shaft has a length that is greater than a distance between the first and second tubular members of the folded chair, the kit comprising a mount comprising (a) a generally planar member having a front side, a back side, a top, a bottom and first and second opposed ends, the generally planar member having a length extending from the first end to the second end, (b) first means projecting from the front side of the generally planar member for receiving the first end of the elongate object, (c) second means projecting from the back side of the generally planar member for mounting the mount on the first tubular member of the folded chair, the first and second means being configured such that, with the first means receiving the first end of the elongate object and with the second means mounting the mount on the first tubular member of the folded chair, the shaft of the elongate object extends from the first means to and past the second tubular member of the folded chair;
• and third means for detachably attaching the shaft of the elongate object to the second tubular member of the folded chair with the shaft of the elongate object perpendicular to the second tubular member, with the first means receiving the first end of the elongate object and with the second means mounting the mount on the first tubular member of the folded chair;
• (ii) mounting the mount of the kit onto the first tubular member of the folded chair at one end of the folded chair;
• (iii) inserting one end of the elongate object into the mount;
• (iv) attaching a shaft of the elongate object to an opposite end of the folded chair with the third means;
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• (v) transporting the elongate object and the folded chair as a single assembly.