Shroud for pedestal chair

Claim 1

A shroud for a pedestal chair having a plurality of legs extending outwardly from a central pedestal, said shroud comprising a single body member to overlay and entirely conceal all of the legs of the pedestal chair, said body member having a shallow, inverted plate-like configuration and inclining downwardly and outwardly radially from a central opening therein through which the chair pedestal is to extend to provide an inclined planar covering which sets in its entirety upon and over the chair legs, said planar covering body member including radially disposed chair leg planar covering portions having a radial length as great as the length of the chair legs, and intermediate planar covering portions connected to the sides of such leg planar covering portions and spanning the areas between the chair legs to form with said leg planar covering portions an auxiliary, planar, leg concealing chair base of unified configuration different from the overall configuration of the chair legs, said intermediate planar covering portions extending outwardly from the central opening sufficiently to provide a support for the chair user's feet, and said body member being made of material having sufficient rigidity to withstand substantial forces applied to said intermediate spanning planar covering portions thereof by the user during usage of the chair, and a plurality of locking means connected to said body member for releasably locking said planar covering body member in overlying condition upon the legs of the chair, said locking means comprising resilient members located within the outer periphery of said body member and depending downwardly from the underside of said planar covering body member, said resilient members being constituted of resilient material and formed to provide at their lower ends locking elements interlockable with under portions of the chair legs when said body member is pressed down into position upon the chair legs.