Portable chair and cane with umbrella
AssigneeEnrique Gulf Technology
InventorEsmeraldo C. Enrique
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Abstract
Collapsible and portable seating device and method of using the device is provided with telescoping legs, a cane-function and an umbrella to provide protection from sun, rain and snow. The telescoping legs allow for adjustments for height and sturdiness on uneven contours such as a slope or hill. An umbrella connection on the handle allows for unlimited positioning of the umbrella and folds neatly with the legs when not in use. There are no loose parts in the seating device that has a weight of less than approximately 6 pounds, is easily set-up and folded to a collapsed condition for storage or use as a cane.
Claims15
A portable and collapsible seating device, comprising:
- a seat portion;
- a plurality of leg members attached to the seat portion for both cross-bracing and supporting the seat portion over a ground surface, the leg members being moveable between an assembled position and a folded position, where the assembled position fully supports weighted objects being placed on the seat portion, and the folded position has the seating device in a collapsed position allowing the seating device to become portable and easy to carry;
- one leg member of the plurality of leg members having an upper most portion and a lower most portion, wherein the top of the upper most portion has a cane handle;
- an umbrella that is removably attached to the cane handle of the leg member by a clamp that allows up to approximately 180 degree rotation to both the left side and the right side of the seat portion, a telescopic shaft to support the umbrella, a flexible metal tubing section and a yoke to hold the umbrella.
A method of converting a device from a cane to a portable seat having legs with an umbrella, comprising the steps of:
- folding the seat and the legs into a collapsed position for use as a walking cane;
- and
- expanding the seat and the legs outward;
- clamping an attachment portion on the umbrella to a cane handle portion on one of the legs that is attached to the seat wherein the clamp allows up to approximately 180 degree rotation to both the left side and right side of the seat;
- raising and lowering the umbrella by a telescopic shaft;
- bending the umbrella by a flexible metal tubing section adjacent to the telescopic shaft;
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- opening the umbrella so the device is useful as a chair with a raised umbrella.
A portable and collapsible seating device, comprising:
- a seat portion;
- a plurality of leg members attached to the seat portion for supporting the seat portion over a ground surface, the leg members being moveable between an assembled position and a folded position, where the assembled position fully supports weighted objects being placed on the seat portion, and the folded position has the seating device in a collapsed position allowing the seating device to become portable;
- one leg member of the plurality of leg members having a handle;
- an umbrella with a support rod having a telescopic portion to raise and lower the umbrella and flexible tubular section for allowing the support rod to be bendable;
- a clamp that is removably attached to the handle of the leg member for supporting the umbrella, the clamp allowing up to approximately 180 degree rotation to both the left side and the right side of the seat portion, wherein the portable and collapsible seating device is useful as both a walking cane and a collapsible chair with overhead covering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.