Patent ID: 6467843
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A collapsible seat having an assembled condition and a transportable condition, said seat comprising:a seat member having an upper seating surface, a peripheral seat edge, and a lower side that includes a first connector; a base member including a peripheral base edge and a bottom surface extending substantially to said peripheral base edge and an upper side that includes a second connector; a telescopic pedestal including a top end, a bottom end, and slidably interengaged outer and inner members, said pedestal having a retracted position and at least one extended position; said top end of said pedestal including first connection means for removable interengagement with said first connector and said bottom end of said pedestal including second connection means for removable interengagement with said second connector; said first connector being connected to said first connection means, said second connector being connected to said second connection means and said pedestal being in said at least one extended position when said seat is in said assembled condition; said peripheral edges of said seat member and said base member being adjacent one another, and said pedestal being in said retracted position separate from said first and second connectors, when said seat is in said transportable condition and said inner and outer members have circular cross-sections, said first and second connection means are external threads on said top and bottom ends, and said first and second connectors are internally threaded.