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US 2015/0083522 A1Published application
Collapsible Stool
OwnerErin Marie Chanclerinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible stool with foldable legs as well as a foldable seat is disclosed herein. The stool collapses to greatly reduce its size thereby enabling it to fit within many common carrying articles, such as purses. The legs and support members fold flat against the seat of the stool, which itself is in two pieces and folds in half.
Claims20
A collapsible stool comprising
- two seats, two outer legs, an inner leg, and two support members,
- where each seat is secured to the inner leg by two seat hinges, where the two seat hinges have parallel rotational axes;
- where each seat has one of the two legs outer legs secured thereto, where each outer leg is secured to the seat by a leg hinge, where the leg hinge rotates about an axis that is parallel to the axis of rotation of the seat hinges, where the leg hinge is located on an opposite end of the seat from the seat hinge;
- where each seat has one of the two support members secured thereto, where each support member is secured to the seat by a support member hinge, where the support member hinge rotates about an axis that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the leg hinge;
- where each support member comprises a latch, where each latch restrict the rotational movement of its respective support member when engaged.
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A collapsible stool comprising
- two seats, two outer legs, an inner leg and two support members,
- where each seat is secured to the inner leg by two seat hinges, where each seat hinge has an axis of rotation;
- where each seat has one of the two outer legs secured thereto, where each outer leg is secured to the seat by a leg hinge, where the leg hinge has an axis of rotation;
- where each seat has one of the two support members secured thereto, where each support member is secured to the seat by a support member hinge, where the support member hinge rotates about an axis that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the leg hinge;
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- where each support member comprises a latch, where each latch restricts the rotational movement of its respective support member when the latch is engaged.
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A method of using a stool comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a stool, where the stool comprises two seats, two outer legs, an inner leg and two support members, where each seat is secured to the inner leg by a seat hinge, where each seat hinge rotates about the same axis, where each seat has one of the two outer legs secured thereto, where each outer leg is secured to the seat by a leg hinge, where each seat has one of the two support members secured thereto, where each support member is secured to the seat by a support member hinge, where the support member hinge rotates about an axis that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the leg hinge;
- rotating the two seats about the seat hinges such that the two seats are substantially coplanar and perpendicular to the inner leg;
- rotating each outer leg about the leg hinges such that the legs are substantially perpendicular to the seats;
- rotating each support member about the support member hinges such that the support members are substantially perpendicular to both the outer legs and the seats.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.