Portable footrest
OwnerJames G. Piperinventor
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Abstract
A portable footrest, adapted to be used with a chair, such as used on ski chairlifts, comprises a foot support member which is adapted for suspension from the forward edge of the seat portion of the chair by a flexible, suspension member. One end of the suspension member is attached to the footrest, and means are associated with the other end thereof for attaching the other end of the suspension member to the chair.
Claims10
A portable footrest adapted to be used with a chair in which the user of the footrest is sitting, comprising an integral foot support member, said foot support member comprising two pieces having mutually adjacent ends pivotally connected together as a unit so that the two pieces are movable about their interconnected mutual ends from a closed position in which they are folded upon each other in essentially parallel, side-by-side relationship to an open, operable position in which they extend outwardly in opposite directions from their interconnected mutual ends;
- a flexible suspension member;
- means for attaching one end of said suspension member to said foot support member at a point intermediate its ends so that the two pieces thereof are suspended from their interconnected mutual ends;
- and means for attaching the other end of said suspension member to said chair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.