Lounge chair with foot pedal exercizer

Claim 1

A foldable lounge chair comprising an elongated horizontal platform having a front end and a rear end; front leg means pivotably connected to the platform front end for movement between an upstanding support position and a storage position folded toward the lower face of the platform; rear leg means pivotably connected to the platform rear end for movement between an upstanding support position and a storage position folded toward the lower face of the platform; a backrest pivotably connected to the platform near the platform rear end for movement between an upright position extending angularly upwardly from the platform and a storage position folded toward the upper face of the platform; a first transverse shaft located within the platform near the platform front end; an arm structure swingably mounted on said shaft for arcuate movement between a storage position extending within the platform plane and an operating position extending angularly upwardly from the platform; a hub structure affixed to the free end of said arm structure; a second shaft rotatably mounted in said hub structure; crank arms extending in opposite directions from the ends of said second shaft; a foot pedal carried on the free end of each crank arm; and a stop means for limiting arcuate movement of the arm structure to approximately one hundred ten degrees measured around the axis of the first transverse shaft, whereby the arm structure has an operating position wherein it extends upwardly and forwardly from the first transverse shaft; said stop means comprising a transverse bar (44) carried on the horizontal platform rearwardly from said first transverse shaft; said arm structure including an abutment element (46) extending away from the hub structure for engagement with the undersurface of said transverse bar when said arm structure has reached its operating position.