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US 9,750,348 B2Granted
User stabilized stool
OwnerBryon Neal Sutherlandinventor
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Abstract
An embodiment includes a user-stabilized stool having a bottom portion for contacting a ground surface that is configured to be inherently unstable when in an active position, thereby requiring a user to stabilize the stool when in the active position. The stool further includes a seat portion connected to the bottom portion and a stabilizing member operable, when the bottom portion is in the active position, to prevent the user-stabilized stool from tilting beyond a predetermined angle.
Claims18
An ergonomic chair comprising:
- a seating platform;
- a rounded bottom portion configured to contact a ground surface, wherein the rounded, bottom portion is configured to rotate front-to-back and side-to-side;
- and
- a stabilizing member connecting the bottom portion and the seating platform, the stabilizing member having a resting surface extending behind the seating platform and the rounded bottom portion;
- wherein the resting surface is configured to contact the ground surface when a user is not sitting on the seating platform.
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A stool comprising:
- a seat;
- a bottom portion configured to contact a ground surface, the bottom portion having an inherently unstable configuration, wherein when the bottom portion is in the inherently unstable configuration, the bottom portion is configured to rotate in any direction;
- a stabilizing member having a first end, a second end, and a resting surface between the first end and the second end, the bottom portion is connected to the first end, the seat connected to the second end, the resting surface extending behind the bottom portion and the seat;
- wherein the resting surface is configured to contact the ground surface when the stool is not in use.
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A user-stabilized stool, comprising:
- a bottom portion for contacting a ground surface that is configured to be inherently unstable in any radial direction when in an active position, requiring a user to stabilize the stool when in the active position;
- a seat portion connected to the bottom portion;
- and
- a stabilizing member extending from the seat portion in a backward direction opposite to a forward direction of the seat portion, the stabilizing member configured to bias the stool in the backward direction of the stabilizing member so that a resting surface of the stabilizing member contacts the ground surface when the user is not positioned on the stool, preventing the user-stabilized stool from tilting, rotating or otherwise moving when not in use.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.