Patent ID: 8123300
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: A47D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of stabilizing a foot or feet of a person sitting in a chair having legs so long that the person's foot or feet do not reach the floor in a stable manner, the person being handicapped or working on motor skills, the method comprising placing an accessory for a chair in place on the chair, the chair having two or more front legs, to cooperate with the two or more front legs of the chair, the chair accessory comprising one or more board items, each having two ends, two end portions and a thickness of at least about ⅛ inch and up to about 4 inches and having on or in at least one of said two ends and/or in or on one or two of said two end portions of the board item a board item restraining device, each said board item restraining device, with another board item restraining device, adapted to cooperate with lower portions of the front legs of the chair, to restrain the amount of a board item's horizontal movement in any horizontal direction with respect to the front legs of the chair such that each board item remains in a functional position for the foot or feet of the person sitting in the chair, each said board item having a bottom surface adapted to rest on either a floor or on another board item when in the functional position, with one board item resting on a floor that the chair sets on, and in a stacked relationship when two or more of said board items are required, such that the person sitting in the chair can place at least one foot flat on an upper surface of an uppermost board item, wherein at least one of the board item restraining devices is selected from a group consisting of a depression, a hole, a slot, a hook, an eye bolt, an eye screw, a pivoting U shaped holder, a pivoting V shaped holder, a U shaped holder, a V shaped holder, an adjustable U shaped holder, an adjustable V shaped holder, a pivoting adjustable U shaped holder, a pivoting adjustable V shaped holder, a “cut-out” in one or more of the end portions of one or more of the board items and any combination of these board item restraining devices.