Patent ID: 6637045
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A portable poolside chair apparatus for permitting a user to sit partially submerged in a pool adjacent the pool wall, a pool deck surface being positioned adjacent to the pool wall, the portable poolside chair apparatus comprising a plurality of frame sections, said frame sections including;a pool deck portion wherein said pool deck portion may be positioned on the pool deck surface such that a distal end and a proximal end of said pool deck portion are defined with respect to the pool wall; a backrest portion having an upper end being pivotally coupled to said proximal end of said pool deck portion such that said deck portion may be moved from a position abutting said backrest portion to a position oriented generally perpendicular to said backrest portion, said backrest portion being oriented substantially perpendicular to said pool deck portion when said pool deck portion is positioned on the pool deck surface; a seat portion having an edge pivotally coupled to a lower end of said backrest portion such that said seat portion may be moved from a position abutting said backrest portion to a position oriented generally perpendicular to said backrest portion; wherein said backrest portion may be positioned against the pool wall and said pool deck portion positioned on the pool deck such that said seat portion extends away from the pool wall and defines a seat; and said pool deck portion having a plurality of support bar members, said support bar members being substantially parallel, a plurality of crossbar members being fixedly coupled to said support bar members, said crossbar members being oriented substantially perpendicular to said support bar members thereby forming said pool deck portion.