Foldable portable stadium chair
OwnerPeter J. Mac Isaacinventor
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Abstract
A foldable portable stadium chair folds between a collapsed position for carrying and an open position for seating. Such chair includes an adjustable base member engageable with and securable to a bleacher bench, a chair frame coupled to the adjustable base member and having at least a portion thereof movable towards and away from the adjustable base member, a chair back coupled to a substantially vertical portion of the chair frame, and a chair seat coupled to a substantially horizontal portion of the chair frame.
Claims19
A foldable portable stadium chair that folds between a collapsed position for carrying and an open position for seating, said foldable portable stadium chair comprising:
- a. an adjustable base member engageable with and securable to a bleacher bench, said adjustable base member being manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape;
- b. a chair frame coupled to said adjustable base member and having at least a portion thereof movable towards and away from said adjustable base member;
- c. a chair back coupled to a substantially vertical portion of said chair frame, said chair back being manufactured from a second predetermined material and having a second predetermined size and a second predetermined shape;
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- d. a hammock style chair seat coupled to a substantially horizontal portion of said chair frame, said chair seat being manufactured from a third predetermined material and having a third predetermined size and a third predetermined shape.
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A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 19 wherein upon said chair back reaching said generally upright position said first locking mechanism automatically secures said adjustable base to such bleacher bench.
A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 19 wherein said means for automatically opening said foldable portable stadium chair is at least one of a shock mechanism, a spring mechanism, and a combination shock and spring mechanism.
A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 19 wherein said means for automatically opening said foldable portable stadium chair is a fluid pressure shock mechanism.
A foldable portable stadium chair that folds between a collapsed position for carrying and an open position for seating, said foldable portable stadium chair comprising:
- a. an adjustable base member engageable with and securable to a bleacher bench, said adjustable base member being manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape;
- b. a chair frame coupled to said adjustable base member and having at least a portion thereof movable towards and away from said adjustable base member;
- c. a chair back coupled to a substantially vertical portion of said chair frame, said chair back being manufactured from a second predetermined material and having a second predetermined size and a second predetermined shape;
- d. a chair seat coupled to a substantially horizontal portion of said chair frame, said chair seat being manufactured from a third predetermined material and having a third predetermined size and a third predetermined shape;
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- e. a means operably connected to said chair frame for automatically opening said foldable portable stadium chair such that said foldable portable stadium chair will automatically open from a closed position wherein said chair back is in a substantially parallel position to said chair seat to an open position wherein said chair back is in a generally upright position substantially perpendicular to said chair seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.