Patent ID: 6095599
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
An apparatus which functions as a combination backpack frame and canoe carrier and is usable as a folding camp chair, said apparatus comprising:first and second frame assemblies having upper ends, and ground engageable ends in the chair mode, each frame assembly including a tubular member bent to form a rectangle having parallel side members;pivot means connecting the side members of the first and second frame assemblies intermediate their ends to define upper and lower portions for each frame assembly; a first transverse member interconnecting said upper portion of said side members of said first frame assembly, a second transverse member interconnecting an upper portion of said side members of the second frame assembly and a third transverse member interconnecting the lower portion of the parallel side members of said second frame assembly;a web extending between upper portions of the frame assemblies to form a back rest and a seat portion;straps to extend between upper portions of the side members of each frame assembly to maintain the first and second frame assemblies angularly disposed to each other to form the chair; anda carrier belt secured to said seat portion adjacent said second frame and extending along said second transverse member and shoulder straps secured between the upper portions of the first and second frame assemblies for use in a carrier mode and means joining the upper portion of a first frame assembly with the lower portion of the second frame assembly while in the carrier mode to support a cross member of an inverted canoe therebetween.