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US3929373A
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Inclining sun chair
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1975-02-12
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Granted: 1975-12-30
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Expires: 1995-02-12
Abstract
Abstract The invention comprises a deck chair having an upper and lower platform which are hinged together to define the deck or bodycontacting portion of the chair, these platforms being adjustable to provide a wide variety of positions available to the user, adjustability being provided by the support mechanism of the chair which includes a pair of pivotal legs depending from the upper platform and rigidly maintained at any desired angle relative to the upper platform by a pair of braces pivotally secured to the joints connecting the two platforms and engageable at selected positions along the lengths thereof with complementary catch means on the legs, the lower platform resting at its lower edge on the ground and supported at any selected angle relative to the ground by adjustable straps or chains connecting the lower platform to the supporting legs of the upper platform, and an adjustable footrest is connected to the lower platform.
Inventors
- 👤 Louis S Gawlinski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 14:54
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C1/00; A47C1/14; A47C1/143; A47C4/00; A47C4/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
An adjustable deck chair comprising: a. an upper platform and a lower platform connected together by a hinge joint to define an elongated deck portion of a chair; b. leg means pivoted to said upper platform to support same above a generally horizontal surface; c. brace means pivoted to said hinge joint and releasibly securable to said leg means; d. elongated means connected generally centrally to said lower platform and releasibly connectible to a lower portion of said leg means, whereby upon securing said leg means, brace means, and elongated means together, said upper and lower platform are rigidly oriented at a set position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
An adjustable deck chair comprising: a. an upper platform and a lower platform connected together by a hinge joint to define an elongated deck portion of a chair; b. leg means pivoted to said upper platform to support same above a generally horizontal surface; c. brace means pivoted to said hinge joint and releasibly securable to said leg means; d. elongated means connected generally centrally to said lower platform and releasibly connectible to a lower portion of said leg means, whereby upon securing said leg means, brace means, and elongated means together, said upper and lower platform are rigidly oriented at a set position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
Structure according to claim 1 wherein said elongated means is flexible.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
Structure according to claim 2 wherein said brace means has a plurality of stations provided along the length thereof selectively engageable with a catch means on said leg means, whereby said brace means is securable in a variety of different positions on said leg means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
Structure according to claim 3 wherein said leg means includes two parallel legs, said brace means comprises two parallel elongated brace elements, said sTations comprise bores through said brace elements, and said catch means comprise threaded bolts projecting from said legs, engageable through said bores, and including wing nuts fastenable on said bolts to secure said brace elements against said legs.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
Structure according to claim 2 wherein said flexible means are of adjustable effective length.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
Structure according to claim 5 wherein said elongated flexible means comprise a pair of chains and said leg means are provided with hooks to engage selected links of said chains, whereby the effective lengths of said chains are adjustable by selecting the links thereof engaged by said hooks.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
Structure according to claim 2 wherein the end of said lower platform opposite said hinge joint is provided with a footrest.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
54 words
Structure according to claim 7 wherein said footrest comprises a planar panel having parallel apertured mounting brackets projecting from one side thereof and said lower platform is provided with a plurality of bores such that said panel is adjustable by virtue of being boltable to said lower platform at selected ones of said bores.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
92 words
Structure according to claim 2 wherein said platforms each include a pair of elongated sidewalls, the sidewalls of one platform being pivoted to the sidewalls of the other platform to define said hinge joint, the sidewalls of one of said platforms having downwardly projecting protrusions at both ends thereof and the sidewalls of the other of said platforms having downwardly projecting protrusions at the ends thereof remote from said hinge joint, whereby said deck chair defines a slightly elevated deck when both of the platforms thereof are laid on a horizontal surface.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
Structure according to claim 2 wherein each of said platforms comprises a pair of elongated sidewalls maintained in spaced parallelism by a plurality of spaced slats orthogonally mounted therebetween.
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