Hanging chair
AssigneeWorldwide Creations, LLC
InventorScott D. Wehner
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Abstract
A hanging chair that includes an upper frame member, a lower frame member, and a plurality of upright supports. The upper frame member is connectable to an external support structure and having a top plate and a bottom plate. The lower frame member has a top plate and a bottom plate. Each upright support having a first end and a second end. The first end of each upright support is connected to the upper frame member between the top plate and the bottom plate of the upper frame member. The second end of each upright support is connected to the lower frame member between the top plate and the bottom plate of the lower frame member. The plurality of upright supports are pivotally moveable between a collapsed position, where the plurality of upright supports are pivoted toward one another, and an expanded position.
Claims20
A hanging chair, comprising:
- an upper frame member connectable to an external support structure and having a first set of apertures spaced along an outer periphery and a second set of apertures spaced inward from the first set of apertures;
- a lower frame member;
- at least five upright supports having a first end pivotally connected to one aperture from the second set of apertures of the upper frame member and a second end pivotally connected to the lower frame member, wherein the upright supports are pivotally moveable between a collapsed position, where the upright supports are pivoted toward and substantially parallel to one another, and an expanded position, where two of the upright supports define a substantially ovoid opening;
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- releasable locking structures that releasably secure the two upright supports in the expanded position by extending into at least two apertures from the first set of apertures of the upper frame member and into the two upright supports.
A hanging chair, comprising:
- an upper frame member that is connectable to a support structure and having a first side with a generally semi-circular configuration, a second side with a substantially planar configuration, a third side that is substantially perpendicular to the first and second sides, a fourth side that is opposite the third side, a first set of aligned apertures that extend through the third and fourth sides and are spaced along a circumference of the first side, and a second set of aligned apertures that extend through the third and fourth sides and are spaced radially inward from the first set of aligned apertures;
- a lower frame member;
- upright supports having a first end pivotally connected to two aligned apertures from the second set of aligned apertures of the upper frame member and a second end pivotally connected to the lower frame member, wherein the upright supports are pivotally moveable between a collapsed position and an expanded position;
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- releasable locking structures that allow at least two of the upright supports to be fixed in the expanded position, wherein the releasable locking structures have a first position, where the releasable locking structures extend through the two upright supports and into at least two aligned apertures from the first set of aligned apertures of the upper frame member, and a second position, where the releasable locking structures do not extend into the at least two aligned apertures from the first set of aligned apertures.
A hanging chair, comprising:
- a first frame member having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, an outer periphery extending substantially perpendicular to the first and second sides, a first set of apertures that extend through the first side and are spaced along the outer periphery, and a second set of apertures that extend through the first side and are spaced radially inward toward a center from the first set of apertures;
- a second frame member;
- upright supports having a first end pivotally connected to one aperture from the second set of apertures of the first frame member and a second end pivotally connected to the second frame member, wherein the upright supports are pivotally moveable between a collapsed position and an expanded position;
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- releasable locking structures that releasable secure at least two of the upright supports to a respective aperture from the first set of apertures of the first frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.