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US3309134A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Interchangeable luggage-chair structure

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-04-08
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Granted: 1967-03-14
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Expires: 1985-04-08
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Arthur H Roberts

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 09:17
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C4/00; A47C4/52

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 532 words
IN AN ARTICLE USABLE IN ONE CONFIGURATION AS A BEACHCHAIR AND USABLE IN ANOTHER CONFIGURATION AS A LUGGAGECARRIER HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM FACES AND SIDE FACES, THE COMBINATION COMPRISED OF A SEAT PORTION HAVING OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDES AND A FRAME STRUCTURE, FIRST SUPPORT MEANS SECURED TO AND EXTENDING FROM SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING SAID SEAT PORTION ABOVE A SURFACE, SUPPORT SECUREMENT MEANS ATTACHING SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS TO SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR LOCKINGLY POSITIONING SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS IN EITHER VERTICALLY UPWARD OR VERTICALLY DOWNWARD RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID SEAT PORTION, ARMREST MEANS SECURED TO AND EXTENDING FROM SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING THE ARMS OF A PERSON SEATED UPON SAID ARTICLE, ARM-REST SECUREMENT MEANS ATTACHING SAID ARMREST MEANS TO SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR LOCKINGLY POSITIONING SAID ARM-REST MEANS VERTICALLY UPWARD OR VERTICALLY DOWNWARD WITH RESPECT TO SAID SEAT PORTION, SAID ARMREST AND FIRST SUPPORT MEANS BEING IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAMD PLANES, RESPECTIVELY, WHEN IN THE VERTICAL UPWARD OR DOWNWARD LOCKED POSITIONS, A BACK PORTION HAVING A FRAME STRUCTURE, THE FRAME STRUCTURES OF SAID SEAT AND BACK PORTIONS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED, SAID BACK PORTION FRAME STRUCTURE BEING FOLDABLE ALONG A LINE INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID LINE AND PIVOTAL CONNECTION OF SAID SEAT AND BACK PORTION FRAME STRUCTURES DEFINING A SEPARATE SECTION, SAID DISTANCE BEING SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID SEAT PORTION AND SAID SURFACE WHEN THE FORMER IS STANDING UPON THE LATTER, LOCKING MEANS FOR RESTRAINING SAID BACK PORTION FRAME STRUCTURE AGAINST FOLDING ALONG SAID LINE, SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY POSITIONABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH RESTRAINT AGAINST FOLDING ALONG SAID LINE, SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING BACK PORTION FRAME STRUCTURE, SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID BACK PORTION AND CAPABLE OF ASSUMING PARALLELISM WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS, WHEN IN ITS EXTENDED POSITION, BEING CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING SAID BACK PORTION IN A DESIRED ANGULAR POSITION WHEN SAID ARTICLE IS IN ITS CHAIR CONFIGURATION, CURTAIN MEMBERS DEPENDING PERIPHERALLY OF SAID BACK PORTION FRAME STRUCTURE, SAID CURTAIN MEMBERS HAVING FIRST FASTENER MEANS LOCATED ADJACENTLY THE EDGES THEREOF, EXTENSIBLE MEANS TELESCOPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS, SAID EXTENSIBLE MEANS, WHEN EXTENDED BEING ADAPTED TO REACH BENEATH SAID BACK PORTION AND IN SPACED RELATION THEREWITH, AN END OF SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS BEING REMOVABLY SECURABLE TO SAID EXTENSIBLE MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID BACK PORTION WHEN THE ARTICLE IS IN ITS CHAIR CONFIGURATION, A LEG-REST PORTION HAVING A FRAME STRUCTURE, THE FRAME STRUCTURES OF SAID SEAT AND LEG-REST PORTIONS BEING PIVOTABLY CONNECTED, SAID LEG-REST PORTION BEING FOLDABLE INTO PARALLEL SUPERPOSITION WITH RESPECT TO EITHER SAID OBVERSE OR REVERSE SIDES OF SAID SEAT PORTION, SAID SEAT AND BACK PORTIONS SERVING AS THE TOP AND BOTTOM FACES OF SAID ARTICLE WHEN IN ITS LUGGAGE CONFIGURATION, SAID SEPARATE SECTION OF SAID BACK PORTION SERVING AS A SIDE FACE OF SAID ARTICLE WHEN IN ITS LUGGAGE CONFIGURATION AND SAID CURTAIN MEMBERS SERVING AS THE REMAINING SIDE FACES OF SAID ARTICLE WHEN IN ITS LUGGAGE CONFIGURATION, SECOND FASTENER MEANS PROVIDED ON SAID SEAT PORTION FRAME STRUCTURE, SAID FIRST AND SECOND FASTENER MEANS BEING COOPERABLE TO RETAIN SAID CURTAIN MEMBERS IN POSITION WHEN SERVING AS SAID REMAINING SIDE FACES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 532 words
IN AN ARTICLE USABLE IN ONE CONFIGURATION AS A BEACHCHAIR AND USABLE IN ANOTHER CONFIGURATION AS A LUGGAGECARRIER HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM FACES AND SIDE FACES, THE COMBINATION COMPRISED OF A SEAT PORTION HAVING OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDES AND A FRAME STRUCTURE, FIRST SUPPORT MEANS SECURED TO AND EXTENDING FROM SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING SAID SEAT PORTION ABOVE A SURFACE, SUPPORT SECUREMENT MEANS ATTACHING SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS TO SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR LOCKINGLY POSITIONING SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS IN EITHER VERTICALLY UPWARD OR VERTICALLY DOWNWARD RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID SEAT PORTION, ARMREST MEANS SECURED TO AND EXTENDING FROM SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING THE ARMS OF A PERSON SEATED UPON SAID ARTICLE, ARM-REST SECUREMENT MEANS ATTACHING SAID ARMREST MEANS TO SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR LOCKINGLY POSITIONING SAID ARM-REST MEANS VERTICALLY UPWARD OR VERTICALLY DOWNWARD WITH RESPECT TO SAID SEAT PORTION, SAID ARMREST AND FIRST SUPPORT MEANS BEING IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAMD PLANES, RESPECTIVELY, WHEN IN THE VERTICAL UPWARD OR DOWNWARD LOCKED POSITIONS, A BACK PORTION HAVING A FRAME STRUCTURE, THE FRAME STRUCTURES OF SAID SEAT AND BACK PORTIONS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED, SAID BACK PORTION FRAME STRUCTURE BEING FOLDABLE ALONG A LINE INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID LINE AND PIVOTAL CONNECTION OF SAID SEAT AND BACK PORTION FRAME STRUCTURES DEFINING A SEPARATE SECTION, SAID DISTANCE BEING SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID SEAT PORTION AND SAID SURFACE WHEN THE FORMER IS STANDING UPON THE LATTER, LOCKING MEANS FOR RESTRAINING SAID BACK PORTION FRAME STRUCTURE AGAINST FOLDING ALONG SAID LINE, SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY POSITIONABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH RESTRAINT AGAINST FOLDING ALONG SAID LINE, SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING BACK PORTION FRAME STRUCTURE, SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID BACK PORTION AND CAPABLE OF ASSUMING PARALLELISM WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS, WHEN IN ITS EXTENDED POSITION, BEING CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING SAID BACK PORTION IN A DESIRED ANGULAR POSITION WHEN SAID ARTICLE IS IN ITS CHAIR CONFIGURATION, CURTAIN MEMBERS DEPENDING PERIPHERALLY OF SAID BACK PORTION FRAME STRUCTURE, SAID CURTAIN MEMBERS HAVING FIRST FASTENER MEANS LOCATED ADJACENTLY THE EDGES THEREOF, EXTENSIBLE MEANS TELESCOPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS, SAID EXTENSIBLE MEANS, WHEN EXTENDED BEING ADAPTED TO REACH BENEATH SAID BACK PORTION AND IN SPACED RELATION THEREWITH, AN END OF SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS BEING REMOVABLY SECURABLE TO SAID EXTENSIBLE MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID BACK PORTION WHEN THE ARTICLE IS IN ITS CHAIR CONFIGURATION, A LEG-REST PORTION HAVING A FRAME STRUCTURE, THE FRAME STRUCTURES OF SAID SEAT AND LEG-REST PORTIONS BEING PIVOTABLY CONNECTED, SAID LEG-REST PORTION BEING FOLDABLE INTO PARALLEL SUPERPOSITION WITH RESPECT TO EITHER SAID OBVERSE OR REVERSE SIDES OF SAID SEAT PORTION, SAID SEAT AND BACK PORTIONS SERVING AS THE TOP AND BOTTOM FACES OF SAID ARTICLE WHEN IN ITS LUGGAGE CONFIGURATION, SAID SEPARATE SECTION OF SAID BACK PORTION SERVING AS A SIDE FACE OF SAID ARTICLE WHEN IN ITS LUGGAGE CONFIGURATION AND SAID CURTAIN MEMBERS SERVING AS THE REMAINING SIDE FACES OF SAID ARTICLE WHEN IN ITS LUGGAGE CONFIGURATION, SECOND FASTENER MEANS PROVIDED ON SAID SEAT PORTION FRAME STRUCTURE, SAID FIRST AND SECOND FASTENER MEANS BEING COOPERABLE TO RETAIN SAID CURTAIN MEMBERS IN POSITION WHEN SERVING AS SAID REMAINING SIDE FACES.

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