Convertible article and method
OwnerJohn Josephinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus reversibly converting a chair into a basketball goal. Four operating modes are disclosed. A first mode in which the article is configured as a basketball goal, a second mode in which the article is configured as a chair within an upwardly extended backboard, a third mode in which a net is deployed for returning basketballs to a shooter and a fourth mode wherein the article is configured as a chair with the backboard collapsed therebehind.
Claims24
The process comprising the steps of:
- (1) sitting in a chair comprising a plurality of elements,
- (2) reorganizing said elements to define a basketball goal, including an elevated hoop, and,
- (3) projecting a basketball along an arc which rises and falls while traveling in a direction generally toward said hoop, and,
- (4) reorganizing said elements to redefine said chair.
A convertible article comprising a plurality of elements which may be organized and reorganized repeatedly for alternatively defining a chair and a basketball goal.
A convertible article comprising:
- (a) a seat,
- (b) a seat back extending upwardly from said seat,
- (c) a basketball backboard secured to said seat back,
- (d) a hoop secured to said basketball backboard, and
- (e) mode changing means for defining a basketball goal by raising said seat back from a reclining position to a standing position and alternatively defining a chair by lowering said seat back from a standing position to a reclining position.
A convertible article comprising:
- (a) a left arm rest,
- (b) a right arm rest, in juxtaposition with said left arm rest,
- (c) a seat positioned between said left arm rest and said right arm rest,
- (d) a seat back extending upwardly from said seat,
- (e) a basketball backboard collapsibly secured to said seat back,
- (f) a hoop secured to said basketball backboard, and
- (g) mode changing means for defining a basketball goal by raising said seat back from a reclining position to a standing position and alternatively defining a chair by lowering said seat back from a standing position to a reclining position.
A convertible article comprising:
- (a) a left arm rest,
- (b) a right arm rest, in juxtaposition with said left arm rest,
- (c) a seat positioned between said left arm rest and said right arm rest,
- (d) a seat back extending upwardly from said seat,
- (e) a basketball backboard collapsibly secured to said seat back,
- (f) a hoop secured to said basketball backboard, and
- (g) mode changing means for defining a basketball goal by raising said seat back from a reclining position to a standing position and alternatively defining a chair by lowering said seat back from a standing position to a reclining position.
A convertible article comprising:
- (a) a seat,
- (b) a seat back extending upwardly from said seat,
- (c) a hoop secured to said basketball backboard,
- (d) first orienting means for rotating said seat back reversibly between a reclining orientation and a substantially vertical orientation, and
- (e) second orienting means for rotating said seat to a substantially vertical orientation when said seat back rotates from a reclining orientation to a vertical orientation and rotating said seat to a substantially horizontal orientation when said seat back rotates from a vertical orientation to a reclining orientation, so that said article morphs between a chair mode and a basketball goal mode when said seat back rotates between a reclining orientation and a substantially vertical orientation.
A convertible article characterized in that it is capable of being morphed into at least four different articles, including a chair.
A convertible article comprising:
- (a) a seat,
- (b) a seat back pivotally joined to said seat,
- (c) means for defining a basketball goal by concomitantly placing said seat back and said seat in standing positions, and
- (d) means for defining a chair by concomitantly placing said seat back in a reclining position and said seat in a horizontal position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.