Patent ID: 6520574
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A45B,A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
A beach chair with a sunshade comprising:a foldable chair (10) comprising a seat (11), a backrest (12) having an upper frame (13), legs (14) and optionally armrests (15); a sunshade (20) having a shaft (21); and a securing device (30) mounted between the foldable chair (10) and the sunshade (20); wherein the improvements of the beach chair with a sunshade comprise: the securing device (30) being made of resilient material and comprising: a toothed ring (31) mounted around the upper frame (13) of the backrest (12) and having multiple grooves (310) defined on an outer periphery of the tooth ring (31); a locking collar (32) rotatably mounted around the toothed ring (31) and having a cylindrical recess (321) with an opening for securing the toothed ring (31) inside the cylindrical recess (321); a first ear (322a) and a second ears (322b) extending from the locking collar (32) respectively and parallel with each other, the second ear (322b) having an outer face and at least one detent (324) formed on the outer face; a locking block (33) pivotally secured between the first ear (322a) and the second ear (322b) and movably mounted on the toothed ring (31), the locking block (31) having a locking head (331) and a lever (332) connected to the locking head (331); wherein the locking head (331) comprises a curved edge, a key (333) formed on the curved edge to correspond to one of the grooves (310) in the toothed ring (31), and arcuate wedges (335) respectively formed on opposite sides of the locking head (331) to press the ears (332a, 322b) on the compression collar (32) apart; and a ratchet wheel (34) connected to the shaft (21) of the sunshade (20) and rotatably mounted on the second ear (322b) of the locking collar (32), the ratchet wheel (34) having a contact face (343) with a center to abut the second ear (322b) and multiple detent grooves (342) radically defined on the contact face (343) to correspond to the at least one detent (324) on the locking collar (32).