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US 6,447,057 B1Granted
Folding lounge chair
OwnerAlexander Guy Cheninventor
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Abstract
A folding lounge chair easily folded from an open seating position to a flat planar configuration, including an outer ring frame and a cover attached to the outer ring frame to form a back rest and seat. The folding lounge chair features an arrangement of V-shaped legs pivotally attached to the outer ring frame and a rod that releasably secures the V-shaped legs to hold the assembly in the open seating position.
Claims9
A folding chair, comprising:
- an outer ring frame;
- a cover attached to said outer ring frame and shaped to form a backrest and seat;
- a first V-shaped leg comprising a first arm and a second arm extending from the apex of the first V-shaped leg;
- wherein the outer ends of the first and second arms of the first V-shaped leg are each pivotally attached to the outer ring frame;
- a second V-shaped leg comprising a first arm and a second arm extending from the apex of the second V-shaped leg;
- wherein the outer ends of the first and second arms of the second V-shaped leg are each pivotally attached to the outer ring frame opposite the outer ends of the first and second arms, respectively, of the first V-shaped leg;
- a third V-shaped leg, extending rearwardly from the outer ring frame, comprising a first arm and a second arm extending from the apex of the third V-shaped leg;
- wherein the outer ends of the first and second arms of the third V-shaped leg are pivotally attached to opposing lateral sides of the outer ring frame;
- a rod pivotally mounted at a first end substantially at the apex of the third V-shaped leg, wherein a second end of the rod releasably attaches to the respective first arms of the first and second V-shaped legs to lock the outer ring frame, and the first, second and third V-shaped legs in an open seating position
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