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US 6,854,801 B2Granted
Adjustable sling chair
OwnerUrsula Nussbauminventor
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Abstract
Methods and design for a sling chair are described, the sling chair has an adjustable backrest, footrest and headrest to achieve maximum comfort for a user. A stand for a sling chair of stable design is described as well.
Claims21
A sling chair adapted to be hung from an overhead structure, comprised of:
- a sling having backrest portion and a seat portion made of flexible fabric and formed to support a user, having left and right sides corresponding to the left and right sides of a user, forming left front, right front, left rear and right rear corners of the sling;
- attachment points are formed at the corners of the sling;
- a footrest made of suitable material for holding a user's feet, having attachment points formed on opposite ends of the footrest, and a first footrest rope attached to an attachment point on one end of the footrest and a second footrest rope attached to the opposite attachment point, and
- the attachment point of each corner of the sling has a length of rope affixed to it so a user will be supported in the chair when the other end of the ropes attached to the right corners and the first footrest rope are affixed to an overhead structure at a first location, and the other end of the ropes attached to the left corners and the second footrest rope are affixed to an overhead structure at a second location.
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A method for adjusting a sling chair comprising the steps of:
- providing a sling chair comprised of
- a sling having a backrest portion and a seat portion made of flexible fabric and formed to support a user, having left and right sides corresponding to the left and right sides of a user the sling further including attachment points formed at left front, right front and left rear and right rear corners of the sling;
- a right pole member attached at one end to the right rear attachment point and attached at the opposite end to the right front attachment point, a left pole member is attached at one end to the left rear attachment point and attached at the opposite end to the left front attachment point so as to hold the sling in an opened configuration;
- a cross pole member adapted to be hung from an overhead structure having right and left ends, the right end being attached by rope to both ends of the right pole member, the left end being attached by rope to both ends of the left pole member;
- a footrest made of suitable material for holding a user's feet and having attachment points formed on opposite ends of the footrest, a first footrest rope that is adjustable in length connecting an attachment point on one end of the footrest to the left end of the cross member, a second footrest rope that is adjustable in length connecting the opposite attachment point to the right end of the cross member, and
- adjusting the length of the footrest ropes to alter the relative height of the footrest to achieve maximum comfort for a user.
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A stand for a sling chair, comprising:
- members connected with male/female connectors, the members including a U-shaped fork member having two ends, the fork member further having a male connector formed in the center of the fork member oriented at an angle substantially upwardly when the two ends of the fork member are resting upright on a surface, two feet members, one foot member attached to one end of the fork member and the other foot member attached to the other end of the fork member, the two ends of the fork member and the two feet members thereby together forming abase to be rested upon a surface, a back member connected to the male connector of the fork member and an arch member connected at one end to the back member, formed such that the end of the arch member distal the back member is centrally located above the area bounded by the fork member and the feet members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.