Patent ID: 6439659
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A01K,A47C

Abstract:
A portable chair comprising:a corrosion-resistant frame structure formed of a plurality of hollow tubular sections and comprising: a left frame member; a right frame member; said left and right frame members each including a forward vertical leg post and a rear vertical leg post, and said forward and rear vertical leg posts of said left and right frame members each terminating at a bottom distal end; and movement means for permitting lateral movement of said left and right frame members relative to one another between a collapsed position and an open, operable position wherein said frame members are positioned further apart from one another than when in said collapsed position, and said movement means being structured to maintain said left and right frame members in parallel relation to one another in both said collapsed position and said open, operable position; disk-shaped feet members on said bottom distal ends of each of said forward and rear vertical leg posts, said disk-shaped feet members being structured and disposed to engage an underlying ground surface in a manner which supports said frame structure in an upright, free-standing position when said left and right frame members are in both said open, operable position and said collapsed position; a seat base formed of a flexible material web and connecting between said respective left and right frame members, said seat base being structured to be pulled substantially taut when said left and right frame members are in said open, operable position in order to support a person seated thereon; a seat back panel formed of a flexible material web and connecting between said left and right frame members above and generally perpendicular to said seat base, said seat back being structured to be pulled substantially taut when said left and right frame members are in said open, operable position in order to support the person's back when seated on said seat base; umbrella support means on said frame structure for supporting at least one umbrella in an upright, operable position; fishing rod support means on said frame structure for holding and supporting at least one fishing rod; beverage holder means on said frame structure for holding a beverage; and drain means for facilitating drainage of water from within said hollow tubular sections of said frame structure.