Sitting pad
OwnerBrenda C. Salhanickinventor
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Abstract
A sitting pad for seating thereupon a plurality of users, such as the players of a sports team, in an organized manner. The sitting pad includes a flexible pad with upper and lower faces, a pair of end edges, and a pair of side edges extending between the end edges of the pad. The pad has a plurality of spaced apart pockets on the upper face of the pad. Each of the pockets comprising a translucent material. In each pocket is a name card with indicia denoting which user is to sit on the pad adjacent that particular pocket.
Claims9
A sitting pad for designating a plurality of seating positions thereon, comprising:
- a flexible pad having upper and lower faces, a pair of end edges, and a pair of side edges extending between said end edges of said pad;
- said pad having a plurality of spaced apart pockets for receiving a card designating a person to occupy a seating position, said pockets being mounted on said upper face of said pad, each of said pockets comprising a translucent material;
- wherein said pockets are arranged on said upper face of said pad in a row extending between said end edges of said pad;
- wherein said upper face of said pad is divided into a plurality of generally equal sized sections corresponding to a seating position, wherein one of said pockets is located on each of said sections of said upper face of said pad, each of said pockets being centrally located along an upper edge of each of said sections.
A sitting pad assembly for sitting thereupon by a plurality of users, comprising:
- a generally rectangular pad having generally rectangular and generally planar upper and lower faces, a pair of spaced apart generally straight end edges, and a pair of spaced apart generally straight side edges extending between said end edges of said pad;
- said pad comprising a flexible and resiliently deformable foamed material;
- said upper and lower faces of said pad being generally parallel to one another;
- said end edges of said pad being extended generally parallel to one another, said side edges of said pad being extended generally parallel to one another and generally perpendicular to said end edges of said pad;
- said pad having a thickness defined between said upper and lover faces of said pad, a length defined between said end edges of said pad, and a width defined between said side edges of said pad;
- wherein said length of said pad is at least five times greater than said width of said pad;
- wherein said thickness of said pad is about 2 inches, said length of said pad is about 16 feet, said width of said pad is about 2 feet;
- said lower face of said pad being adapted for resting on a ground surface;
- said pad having a plurality of flexible loops coupled thereto, each of said loops being adapted for anchoring said pad to the ground surface said pad is resting on;
- said pad having a plurality of corner edges, each of said corner edges of said pad being formed between an end edge of said pad and an adjacent side edge of said pad;
- each of said corner edges of said pad having one of said loops located thereadjacent such that each loop outwardly extends from the respective adjacent corner edge;
- a plurality of generally U-shaped ground spikes each having a pair of elongate arms and an arcuate portion connecting said arms of the respective ground spike together;
- said arms of each ground spike each terminating at a pointed tip adapted for insertion into the around surface;
- each of said ground spikes being associated with one of said loops of said pad, one of said arms of each ground spike being extended through the associated loop for anchoring said associated loop to the ground surface;
- said pad having a plurality of spaced apart pockets on said upper face of said pad;
- each of said pockets comprising a translucent material;
- each of said pockets being generally rectangular and having all outer perimeter comprising a pair of ends and a pair of sides, one of said sides and both of said ends of each pocket being coupled to said upper face of said pad such that the remaining side of each pocket defines an opening into the respective pocket;
- said pockets being arranged on said upper face of said pad in a row extending between said end edges of said pad, said row of pockets being extended generally;
- parallel to said side edges of said pad;
- said pockets being spaced apart at generally equal intervals in said row of pockets;
- said upper face of said pad being divided into a plurality of generally equal sized rectangular sections corresponding to a seating position, wherein one of said pockets is located on each of said sections of said upper face of said pad, each of said pockets being centrally located along an upper edge of each of said sections;
- wherein each of said pockets is positioned adjacent one of said side edges of said pad, said opening of each pocket being located adjacent the side edge that the respective pocket is positioned adjacent;
- said upper face of said pad having a plurality of section lines thereon extending between said side edges of said pad, said section lines demarcating boundaries between adjacent sections of said upper face of said pad;
- wherein said plurality of section lines comprise a plurality of pairs of section lines, wherein said boundaries of each section is demarcated between said adjacent pairs of section lines;
- each of said pockets having a name card therein, each name card having a name of a user thereon;
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- wherein each of said pockets having a generally semin-circular notch in the side defining the openings into the respective pocket.
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