Fold out fishing chair

#FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of a fold out fishing chair built in accordance with the present invention shown in an open configuration with its shade and holder assemblies each in a deployed position.

#FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of a fold out fishing chair built in accordance with the present invention shown in an open configuration with its shade and holder assemblies each in a deployed position.

#FIG. 3 is a partial side elevational view of a holder assembly of a fold out fishing chair built in accordance with the present invention shown in a deployed position.

#Referring now to the drawings and in particular FIGS. 1 and 2, a fold out fishing chair 100 is shown in its open configuration in which it is suitable for a user to be seated. Similar to conventional foldout chairs (or “folding camping chairs”), the fold out fishing chair 100 built in accordance with the present invention includes a base seat 101 that is selectively configurable in this open configuration as well as a narrow, closed configuration suitable for storage and transportation. The fold out fishing chair 100 additionally includes an integral holder assembly 110 and an integral shade assembly 120, each of which can be moved between a deployed position and a retracted position. When in use, it is contemplated that the shade assembly 120 and holder assembly 110 would be maintained in their respective retracted positions while the fold out fishing chair 100 is in its closed configuration and may be selectively moved to their respective deployed positions when the fold out fishing chair 100 is in its open configuration, as desired by a user.

#Referring now to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10, the holder assembly 110 defines a pair of fold out fishing rod holders 111 that are each positioned on a holder extension 112 so as to hold a conventional fishing rod upright, angulared away from base seat 101 when the holder assembly 110 is in its deployed position. The proximal end of each holder extension 112 is hingedly attached to respective front legs 102 of the base seat 101, thereby enabling the holder extension 112 to swing between a horizontal position illustrated by FIGS. 1 and 2 and a vertical position illustrated by FIG. 10. The rod holders 111 are each connected to the holder extension 112 through an extension slider 113 that slides horizontally along the holder extension 112 and a holder support leg 114 that extends from the distal end of the holder extension 112 relative to the base seat 101. As the extension slider 113 moves away from the base seat 101, the associated rod holder 111 is moved up into an elevated position illustrated in FIG. 3. As the extension slider 113 moves towards the base seat 101, the associated rod holder 111 is moved down into a level position illustrated in FIG. 4. The holder support leg 114 is connected to the rod holder 111 through a holder slider 115 that slides along the rod holder 111 so as to provide added support as the rod holder 111 moves between the elevated position and level position and when the rod holder 111 is fixed in the elevated position.

#It is contemplated that either the extension sliders 113 or the holder sliders 115 (or both) include clamp fasteners so as to enable the to be selectively fixed in place by a user to hold the rod holders 111 in a desired position.