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US 2025/0176724 A1Published application
Portable Chair
AssigneeYETI Coolers, LLC
InventorsAndrew J. Winterhalter, Michael Cieszko, Evan Goldberg, Derek Sullivan, Donald Edward Desroches
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Abstract
An adjustable chair may include a frame, a seat pan, a backrest, a pair of arm rests, at least two legs each comprising an inner leg configured to telescope out of an outer leg, and a leg locking system for locking the outer leg to the inner leg.
Claims21
(canceled)
A portable chair comprising:
- a seat pan comprising a pair of seat bars,
- a backrest comprising a pair of backrest bars and a fabric;
- a front frame comprising a pair of front cross bars;
- a pair of legs connected to the front frame;
- wherein each leg of the pair of legs comprises an inner leg and an outer leg, and wherein the inner leg is configured to telescope out of the outer leg;
- a rear frame comprising a first rear cross bar and a second rear cross bar;
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- a tensioner configured to maintain the backrest in an unfolded position, the tensioner connected to the rear frame, wherein the tensioner comprises a first tensioner arm, a second tensioner arm, a tensioner housing, and a handle connected to the tensioner housing, wherein the first tensioner arm and the second tensioner arm are pivotally connected to the tensioner housing and the first tensioner arm is pivotally connected to the first rear cross bar and the second tensioner arm is pivotally connected to the second tensioner arm;
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- wherein the fabric is tensioned when the handle is moved downward, and wherein the tension is released from the fabric when the handle is moved upward.
7 more elements
A portable chair comprising:
- a seat pan comprising a pair of seat bars,
- a front frame comprising a pair of cross bars;
- a first leg connected to the front frame;
- a second leg connected to the front frame;
- a rear frame comprising a first rear cross bar and a second rear cross bar;
- a backrest comprising a first backrest bar connected to the first leg and a second backrest bar connected to the second leg, wherein the backrest comprises a fabric between the first backrest bar and the second backrest bar;
- wherein the first leg comprises a first inner leg and a first outer leg, wherein the first inner leg is configured to telescope out of the first outer leg;
- and wherein the second leg comprises a second inner leg and a second outer leg, wherein the second inner leg is configured to telescope out of the second outer leg;
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- a tensioner comprising a tensioner housing, a handle, a pair of tensioner arms pivotally connected to the tensioner housing, and a stop;
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- wherein the tensioner is configured to tension the fabric when a user applies downward force to the handle until a first tensioner arm of the pair of tensioner arms contacts the stop, and wherein the tensioned fabric biases at least one of the pair of tensioner arms against the stop.
9 more elements
A portable chair comprising:
- a seat pan comprising a pair of seat bars,
- a front frame comprising a pair of cross bars;
- a first leg connected to the front frame;
- a second leg connected to the front frame;
- wherein the first leg comprises a first inner leg and a first outer leg, wherein the first inner leg is configured to telescope out of the first outer leg;
- and wherein the second leg comprises a second inner leg and a second outer leg, wherein the second inner leg is configured to telescope out of the second outer leg;
- a rear frame comprising by a first rear cross bar and a second rear cross bar;
- a backrest comprising a fabric;
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- a tensioner comprising a tensioner housing, a handle, a first tensioner arm pivotally connected to the tensioner housing and also pivotally connected to the rear frame, and a second tensioner arm pivotally connected to the tensioner housing and also pivotally connected to the rear frame;
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- wherein when the tensioner is configured to move an upper portion of the first rear cross bar away from an upper portion of the second rear cross bar when a downward force is applied to the handle until an over-center point is reached such that the tensioner maintains a width of the rear frame when the portable chair is in an unfolded position.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.