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US 8,939,505 B1Granted
Adjustable portable booster cushion for adults
OwnerAnn B. Dreyerinventor
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Abstract
An adult booster seat in the form of two cushions connected by a folding panel to allow use on a seating surface alternatively with either one or both under a seated adult. The second cushion serves as a back support when rotated away from use upon a seat.
Claims8
An adult booster seat assembly for use with a seating device in commercial eating establishments comprising:
- (a) a first booster cushion;
- (b) a second booster cushion;
- said first and second cushions each including inner, outer, side and end panels secured together for containing a cushion member,
- (c) a flexible connecting section secured between the first and second booster cushions along a common edge of said inner panels, allowing said cushions to take a first use position with one of said cushions supported on a seat portion of said seating device and the other of said cushions extended upwardly against a back portion of said seating device while remaining connected together by said connecting section, and a second use position in which the first and second cushions assume a superimposed position in which the inner panels of each cushion are facing inwardly and are aligned, and the outer panels of each cushion when in said superimposed position are facing outwardly;
- (d) a pair of looped handle members attached one to each of said first and second booster cushions in positions such that the handle members can be grasped simultaneously in one hand of a user in order to carry said cushions with the cushions in said superimposed position;
- (e) a first expansion pocket disposed along the inner panel of said first booster cushion, and a second expansion pocket disposed along the outer panel of said second booster cushion, said first and second expansion pockets being substantially coextensive with said inner and outer panels;
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- (f) at least one seat height extender adapted to be received in each of said first and second expansion pockets.
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A portable booster seat suitable for use by adults in restaurants and other eating establishments providing sit-down dining and being adjustable to different heights comprising:
- (a) a pair of flattened flexible cushion members each having an inner side surface and an outer side surface being sized to be received on a generally horizontal seat and to receive the buttocks of one of said adults, each of said pair of flattened cushion members having a different thickness than the other one of said pair of flattened cushion members;
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- (b) an integral flexible connecting member extending between the pair of flattened cushioned members and permanently connecting said pair of flattened cushion members in a generally pivotal manner with respect to each other, whereby said pair of flattened cushion members can assume at least two relational configurations including direct contact of their surfaces in a mutual supporting relationship and substantially more than a ninety degree extended pivotally apart relationship when not in supportive relationship with each other;
- (c) each of said pair of flattened cushion members having an expandable pocket adapted for receiving a seating height extender, said pocket located along the inner side surface of one of said pair of flattened cushion members and along the outer side surface of the other of said pair of flattened cushion members,
- (d) the expandable pocket of one of said flattened cushion members being dimensioned to receive a seating height extender having a first maximum thickness, and the pocket of the other of said flattened cushion members being dimensioned to receive a seating height extender having a second maximum thickness, said first maximum thickness being greater than said second maximum thickness, and
- (e) a pair of seating height extenders each dimensioned to be received in at least one of said expandable pockets for increasing the effective thickness of the cushion members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.