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US 9,066,592 B2Granted
Portable chair
OwnerThomas J. Kinczkowskiinventor
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Abstract
A portable chair for outdoor activities that includes a blade that is inserted in the ground on one end of a main support and a seat on the other end of the main support. The blade and a mud stop bar resist displacement of the portable chair. A back rest support bar is attached to the seat and the main support. A back rest is attached to the back rest support bar. The back rest support bar may be completely disconnected or partially disconnected from the portable chair for transportation or storage.
Claims13
A portable chair comprising:
- a main support having an upper end and a lower end;
- a seat attached to the upper end of the main support;
- a blade attached to the lower end of the main support;
- a mud stop bar attached to a top edge of the blade at a location spaced above the lower end of the main support;
- a foot rest attached to the main support in a spaced relationship above the mud stop bar;
- a first seat support bar extending from a top end of the main support in a rearward direction;
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- a seat reinforcement bar extending from the main support to a point on the first seat support bar that is spaced from the main support and forming a triangle with the first seat support and the main support.
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A portable chair comprising:
- a main support having an upper end and a lower end;
- a seat attached to the upper end of the main support;
- a blade attached to the lower end of the main support;
- a mud stop bar attached to a top edge of the blade at a location spaced above the lower end of the main support;
- a foot rest attached to the main support in a spaced relationship above the mud stop bar;
- a back rest support bar having an upper end and a lower end;
- a back rest attached to the upper end of the back rest support bar;
- wherein the lower end of the back rest support bar is attached to the main support at an intermediate location adjacent to the foot rest;
- a first seat support bar extending perpendicularly from a top end of the main support in a rearward direction;
- and
- a seat reinforcement bar extending from the main support to a point on the first seat support bar that is spaced from the main support and forming a triangle with the first seat support bar and the main support.
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A portable chair comprising:
- a main support having an upper end and a lower end;
- a seat attached to the upper end of the main support;
- a blade attached to the lower end of the main support, wherein the blade is inserted into a ground area to stabilize the portable chair in a fore-and-aft direction;
- a mud stop bar attached to a top edge of the blade at a location spaced above the lower end of the main support, wherein the mud stop bar engages the ground area to stabilize the portable chair in a lateral direction;
- a back rest support bar having an upper end and a lower end;
- a back rest attached to the upper end of the back rest support bar;
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- wherein the lower end of the back rest support bar is attached to the main support at an intermediate location;
- a first seat support bar extending perpendicularly from a top end of the main support in a rearward direction;
- a seat reinforcement bar extending from the main support to a point on the first seat support bar that is spaced from the main support, wherein the first seat support and the main support form a triangle with the second seat support;
- an upper bracket attached to the back rest support bar adjacent to the seat;
- a first pin connecting the upper bracket to at least one of the first seat support bar and the seat reinforcement bar;
- a lower bracket attached to the lower end of the back rest support bar;
- and
- a second pin connecting the lower bracket to the main support, wherein the back rest support bar may be detached from the portable chair by removing the first and second pins.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.