Patent ID: 8205935
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A collapsible stool for easy storage having a collapsible bench body member, a bench body support panel, and a bench cap; wherein said bench body member when in an expanded state forms a four-sided cylindrical body, said four-sided cylindrical body having four walls, a plurality of soft sealable members attached to an end of the four-sided cylindrical body, and a zipper adapted to connect the soft sealable members to form a soft sealed end when said bench body member is in the expanded state, each of said four walls being made of a soft exterior layer and a solid composite panel that is enclosed within the soft exterior layer; said bench body support panel being mountable within said bench body member when said bench body member is in the expanded state; and said bench cap being mountable on said bench body member when said bench body member is in the expanded state; characterized in that said bench cap is a non-collapsible cap-shaped body formed by a bench cap surface member and bench cap walls to which said bench cap surface member is connected, each of said bench cap surface member and said bench cap walls being made of a soft exterior layer and a solid composite panel enclosed within the soft exterior layer; and when said collapsible stool is in a stored state, said bench body support panel and said bench body member in a collapsed state are disposed in said non-collapsible bench cap, and the sum of the thickness of said bench body support panel and said bench body member in its collapsed state is equal to the height of said bench cap inner walls.