Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A gas-inflatable, floating, portable seat for supporting a person on the water, said seat comprising: a first, generally annular-shaped, lower inflatable float chamber defining a compartment for said person and adapted to provide bouyancy when inflated and placed in water; a water ballast compartment inside said lower float chamber; a second, generally annular-shaped, upper inflatable float chamber mounted on top of said first float chamber formed with an open segment on a back side thereof and forming arm rests on opposite sides of said open segment; a separately inflatable seat cushion adapted to be detachably mounted on said lower float chamber adjacent said open segment of said upper float chamber, said seat cushion suitable for use as a cushion while detached from said float chamber; an upstanding inflatable seat back projecting upwardly of said first float chamber mounted in said open segment and attached to said first float chamber; and securement means for detachably securing said seat cushion in place on said lower float chamber adjacent said open segment of said upper float chamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
A gas-inflatable, floating, portable seat for supporting a person on the water, said seat comprising: a first, generally annular-shaped, lower inflatable float chamber defining a compartment for said person and adapted to provide bouyancy when inflated and placed in water; a water ballast compartment inside said lower float chamber; a second, generally annular-shaped, upper inflatable float chamber mounted on top of said first float chamber formed with an open segment on a back side thereof and forming arm rests on opposite sides of said open segment; a separately inflatable seat cushion adapted to be detachably mounted on said lower float chamber adjacent said open segment of said upper float chamber, said seat cushion suitable for use as a cushion while detached from said float chamber; an upstanding inflatable seat back projecting upwardly of said first float chamber mounted in said open segment and attached to said first float chamber; and securement means for detachably securing said seat cushion in place on said lower float chamber adjacent said open segment of said upper float chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The portable seat of claim 1 including seat belt means extendable from said seat back for securing said person on said seat.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The portable seat of claim 2 wherein said seat belt means has opposite end portions extending around said seat back from opposite sides.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The portable seat of claim 1 including hand grip means secured on the upper surface of said second float chamber for gripping by a person in said seat.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
The portable seat of claim 1 including a bottom wall structure for said lower float chamber comprising a pair of spaced apart upper and lower flexible sheets attached to said first float chamber so as to form said ballast compartment between said sheets, and a water valve on said lower sheet for admitting water into and out of said compartment to serve as ballast.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
The portable seat of claim 5 wherein said ballast compartment is adapted to hold enough water to submerge an underside of said first float chamber below an adjacent water level when said float chambers and seat back and cushion are inflated and said seat is floating in said water.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The portable seat of claim 1 wherein said securement means includes "Velcro" type fastening means for detachably securing said seat cushion to said lower float chamber.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The portable seat of claim 7 wherein said fastening means comprises seat belt means for securing a person on said seat.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
56 words
The portable seat of claim 1 wherein said first and second float chambers and said seat back are secured to one another at confronting external surface areas, and wherein each of said float chambers and said seat back includes a separate inflation valve for admitting and discharging gas from the interior thereof independent of the others.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
The portable seat of claim 1 including resilient means for interconnecting said seat back and said upper float chamber whereby said seat back is biased toward an upright position but is pivotable away from said upright position.