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US 11,717,087 B1Granted
Character chair
AssigneeRegalo International, LLC
InventorsMark A. Flannery, William D. Butterfield
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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.
Claims17
A chair apparatus for children, comprising:
- a) a chair for a child, the chair including a seat portion and a back portion;
- b) a set of first, second, third, and fourth legs engaged to the chair;
- c) a set of first, second, third, and fourth feet engaged, respectively, on the first, second, third, and fourth legs;
- d) the first foot on the first leg comprising:
- i) a receptor for the first leg, the receptor engaging the first leg;
- ii) a first mount, the first mount pivotally engaging a first oblique support at a first end of the first oblique support, a second end of the first oblique support engaging the second leg;
- iii) a second mount, the second mount pivotally engaging a second oblique support at a first end of the second oblique support, a second end of the second oblique support engaging the third leg;
- iv) the first and second mounts defining a first angle greater than 180 degrees and a second angle less than 180 degrees, the first angle defining a first side of the first foot, the second angle defining a second side of the first foot;
- v) a first base portion, the first base portion being one-piece and integral with the receptor, the first base portion having a first undersurface that defines a first plane, the first base portion on the first side of the first foot, the first base portion having a first structure;
- vi) a second base portion, the second base portion having a second undersurface that is disposed in the first plane defined by the first undersurface of the first base portion, the second base portion being one-piece and integral with the receptor, the second base portion on the second side of the first foot, the second base portion having a second structure;
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- vii) the first structure having a shape different from the second structure.
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