Patent ID: 6244481
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A45F,A47C

Abstract:
A seat cushion with conveniently disposed pockets transportable as a backpack comprisinga single cushioned pad with a plurality of sides about its perimeter, the pad sized sufficiently large for a user to sit on as a cushion,a plurality of uncushioned flaps including a first folding flap and subsequently folded flaps including an outer flap, each flap with a fold side in common with a respective one of the pad sides and forming a fold line, extending between fold line first and second ends, on which the flap folds from said respective one of the pad sides over the pad, all of the flaps and pad in stacked and overlapping disposition in a folded position with said first flap foldable in face-to-face contact with the pad and each of said subsequently folded flap foldable in face-to-face contact with a prior folded flap and unfolding away from the pad in an unfolded position,at least one pocket on each flap, the pocket opening inward toward the pad such that when the pad is placed on a chair, each flap of said plurality of flaps depends from the pad with the at least one pocket opening upward,a closing means half around the pad sides and a matching closing means half around the outside flap beginning at the fold line first end and continuing around perimeters of the outside flap and the pad to the fold line second end, releasably joining the outer flap and the pad together around their perimeters forming a closable envelope enclosing all other flaps,a first strap and a second strap each with both of its ends attached spaced apart on the pad with a first end attached high on the pad and a second strap end attached low on the pad forming an arm loop, the straps disposed on the pad with the pad and flaps adapted to be carried on a user's back with the pad resting as a cushion against the user's back on a pad first face with the flaps on a pad second face opposite the first face.