Patent ID: 7988237
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: A47C,F41H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A protective chair apparatus comprising: a base, said base having a supporting platform having a first surface and having an opposing second surface; a plurality of support legs extending away from said first surface to distal ends which are adapted to contact a support surface; a seatback cushion engaged to said base, said seatback cushion having at least one bullet resistant layer; a seat cushion having at least one said bullet resistant layer, said seat cushion having an upper surface and a lower surface; means of attachment of said lower surface of said seat cushion to said base, in a contact with said second surface of said supporting platform; a pair of recesses formed in a lower surface of said seat cushion; each of said recesses defining a hand grip for each hand of a user of said protective chair whereby said chair in a seating position with said distal ends of said legs contacting said support surface, may be picked up by said user and held elevated in an as-used position; a pair of shields, each of said shields covering one respective of said recesses, each of said shields being bullet resistant; and said shields shielding the hands of said user when said protective chair is picked up from said seating position and held by said user in said as-used position, whereby a user may grip said chair with their hands engaged in said recesses and hold it elevated in said as-used position with both said seatback and said seat cushion providing protection from bullets or high speed projectiles approaching said protective chair in a direction heading from said distal end of said support legs, toward said first side of said base.