Collapsible, single step stool
OwnerNahpi Eastmaninventor
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Abstract
A collapsible step stool includes a front riser extending; a left riser connected to the left side of the front riser; a right riser connected to the right side of the front; a top step connected to the top end of the front riser; the left riser, right riser, and top step hinge relative to the front riser; a left riser stopper extending from the left riser; and a right riser stopper extending from the right riser; the left riser stopper and the right riser stopper are to engage with the top step to maintain the left riser and the right riser in a position relative to the top step when the collapsible step stool is in an assembled configuration; and the front riser, left riser, right riser, and top step fold together when the collapsible step stool is in a collapsed configuration.
Claims11
A collapsible step stool, comprising:
- a front riser extending from a top end to a bottom end and from a left side to a right side;
- a left riser connected to the left side of the front riser such that the left riser is configured to hinge relative to the front riser;
- a right riser connected to the right side of the front riser such that the right riser is configured to hinge relative to the front riser;
- a top step connected to the top end of the front riser such that the top step is configured to hinge relative to the front riser;
- a left riser stopper extending from a top edge of the left riser;
- and
- a right riser stopper extending from a top edge of the right riser;
- wherein the collapsible step stool is configurable into an assembled configuration and a collapsed configuration;
- wherein in the assembled configuration:
- the right riser is hinged outward from the front riser such that a first angle between an interior surface of the right riser and an interior surface of the front riser is about 60 degrees;
- the left riser is hinged outward from the front riser such that a second angle between an interior surface of the left riser and the interior surface of the front riser is about 60 degrees;
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- the left riser stopper and the right riser stopper are configured to engage with the top step to maintain the left riser and the right riser in a position relative to the top step;
- wherein the front riser, left riser, right riser, and top step fold together when the collapsible step stool is in the collapsed configuration;
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- wherein in the assembled configuration the collapsible step stool is configured to hold a person on the top step due in part to structural stability as created by the first and second angles being about 60 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.