Beach blanket and inflatable chair combination

Claim 1

An inflatable beach chair and blanket combination comprising: (a) a flexible thin sheet, having front and rear edge extremities, and upper and lower surfaces, and (b) an inflatable chair structure removably attached to said upper surface at a site located closer to the rear edge than the front edge, said chair structure being fabricated of resilient plastic sheet material having: (1) an inflatable horizontally disposed seat portion having front, rear and side extremities, (2) an inflatable backrest portion rising upwardly from the rear extremity of said seat portion at an angle of between about 100 and 160 degrees and directed toward said rear edge, said backrest portion being comprised of from one to three separately inflatable pillow compartments that lie in contiguous abutment upon the seat portion, (3) paired armrest portions rising upwardly from opposite sides of said seat portion, and bonded to said seat and backrest portions, (4) said seat, backrest, and armrest portions of the chair structure being capable of achieving a turgid, load-supporting state when filled with water, or filled with air at a pressure in the range of 5-20 pounds per square inch, (5) paired support bands extending between the armrest portions and the pillow compartments of said backrest portion, and (6) fill stems and associated valves associated with each of said inflatable portions of the chair structure, and (c) fastening means for removably attaching said inflatable chair structure to said upper surface of said flexible thin sheet.