Patent Publication Number: US-8991411-B1

Title: Screen tent apparatus for beach chair

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Various types of Screen tent apparatus for beach chair are known in the prior art. However, what is needed is a screen tent apparatus for beach chair that includes a netting apparatus disposed to overlie a pair of bowed frame members, said bowed frame members attachable to each of a first bar and a second bar releasably securable to the respective head and foot of an extant beach chair, wherein the netting apparatus concavely situates a roof section overlying said beach chair and a pair of side sheets vertically encloses each side of said beach chair, whereby a user is enabled screened comfort in the outdoors and entry of insects to the beach chair and a user seated thereupon is preventable. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a Screen tent apparatus for beach chair, and more particularly, to a Screen tent apparatus for beach chair that includes a netting apparatus disposed to overlie a pair of bowed frame members, said bowed frame members attachable to each of a first bar and a second bar releasably securable to the respective head and foot of an extant beach chair, wherein the netting apparatus concavely situates a roof section overlying said beach chair and a pair of side sheets vertically encloses each side of said beach chair, whereby a user is enabled screened comfort in the outdoors and entry of insects to the beach chair and a user seated thereupon is preventable. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The general purpose of the Screen tent apparatus for beach chair, described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a Screen tent apparatus for beach chair which has many novel features that result in a Screen tent apparatus for beach chair which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combination thereof. 
     The present screen tent apparatus for beach chair has been devised to expediently enclose a beach chair within a netting apparatus whereby insects are excluded access to a user seated upon said beach chair. The present screen tent apparatus for beach chair is compactly storable, readily portable, and expediently erectable for installation to a beach chair whereby said beach chair is enclosed beach and insects are excluded from a user seated thereupon. 
     The present screen tent apparatus for beach chair, therefore, includes a first bar and a second bar attachable to a respective frame of an extant beach chair at each of a respective head and foot of said beach chair. Each of the first and second bars is releasably securable to the frame of the beach chair by means of a pair of clip members disposed thereupon, said clip members attachable to the frame of the beach chair whereby said first and second bars are securable in a position parallel with the frame at each of a respective head and foot of the beach chair. Each of the first and second bars includes a pair of apertures disposed thereon. 
     Each of a first bowed frame member and a second bowed frame member is releasably insertable into each of the pair of apertures disposed upon each of the first and second bars, each of said first and second bowed frame members positional thereat overlying each of a respective longitudinal edge of said beach chair, thereat bowed in tension between each of said first and second bars. Thus, each of the first and second bowed frame members is expediently erectable to create an arced frame overlying the beach chair. 
     Each of the first and second bowed frame members includes a plurality of interconnectable segments connectable endwise in longitudinal relation whereby each of said first and second bowed frame members is erectable for installation between each of the first and second bars. Each of the first and second bowed frame members includes an elastomeric cord disposed interiorly through each of the plurality of segments, whereby each of the plurality of segments of each of the first and second bowed frame members is attached together and storable in an adjacent relation when detached from the first and second bars and disconnected from longitudinal relation, for convenient disassembly, storage, and portage. 
     A netting apparatus is supportable atop each of the first and second bowed frame members. The netting apparatus is disposed to enclose the particular beach chair to which the first and second bowed frame members are attached. The netting apparatus includes a pair of arced seams, each of said pair of arced seams disposed to overlie a respective one of the first and second bowed frame members. A roof section is disposed between each of the pair of arced seams, and spans concavely from a first edge, disposed to contact a ground surface underlying the beach chair proximal the foot of said beach chair, to a second edge, disposed to contact the ground surface proximal the head of the beach chair. Each of the pair of side sheets is disposed to vertically enclose the particular beach chair to which the screen tent apparatus for beach chair is installed, each of said pair of side sheets disposed connected to a respective one of the pair of arced seams and vertically oriented on either side of said beach chair to contact the ground surface proximal each longitudinal edge of the beach chair. 
     To secure the netting apparatus atop the first and second frame members, and ensure contact with the ground surface, each of a plurality of weight members is disposed along a lowermost edge of each of the pair of side sheets. Each of the plurality of weight members maintains the lowermost edge of each of the pair of side sheets in contact with the ground surface atop which the particular beach chair is disposed. The netting apparatus, therefore, is resistant to displacement from the frame by wind, for example. 
     The netting apparatus therefore prevents passage of insects to a user seated upon the particular beach chair to which the present screen tent apparatus for beach chair is attached. 
     To enable expedient access to the beach chair, and egress therefrom, a zippered aperture is disposed in at least one of the pair of side sheets wherethrough a user may enter or exit the netting apparatus. In the preferred embodiment herein disclosed, the zippered aperture is contemplated to include a slanted portion, disposed in a position approximately parallel with the back of the beach chair when said back of the beach chair is positioned at a medial elevation, and a horizontal portion parallel with the ground surface atop which the beach chair is disposed. The zippered aperture is therefore openable to enable a seated user to swing the legs through the aperture previous to standing without impeding the motion to stand from a seated or lounging position. 
     For convenience of storage and access to the various articles and accouterments common to beachgoers, at least one cup holder pocket is disposed interiorly upon at least one of the pair of side sheets, and at least one pocket is likewise interiorly disposed upon at least one of the pair of side sheets, each of said cup holder pocket and at least one pocket disposed for convenient access by a user seated upon the particular beach chair to which the present device is attached. 
     It should be readily recognized that erection and disassembly of the present screen tent apparatus for beach chair is expediently effected, when desired. The present screen tent apparatus for beach chair is compactly portable and storable. 
     Thus has been broadly outlined the more important features of the present Screen tent apparatus for beach chair so that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. 
     Objects of the present screen tent apparatus for beach chair, along with various novel features that characterize the invention are particularly pointed out in the claims forming a part of this disclosure. For better understanding of the screen tent apparatus for beach chair, its operating advantages and specific objects attained by its uses, refer to the accompanying drawings and description. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
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         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of a screen tent apparatus for beach chair installed to a beach chair. 
         FIG. 2  is an isometric view of a screen tent apparatus for beach chair installed to a beach chair absent a netting apparatus. 
         FIG. 3  is a detailed view of a first bar attached at a head of the beach chair. 
         FIG. 4  is a detailed view of a first bowed member with a plurality of interconnectable segments disconnected from a longitudinal relation. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, example of the instant screen tent apparatus for beach chair employing the principles and concepts of the present Screen tent apparatus for beach chair and generally designated by the reference number  10  will be described. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 through 4  a preferred embodiment of the present screen tent apparatus for beach chair  10  is illustrated. 
     The present screen tent apparatus for beach chair  10  has been devised to enable a permeable barrier preventative of the passage of insects to a person seated upon a beach chair  100  to which the device  10  is installed. The present screen tent apparatus for beach chair  10  is readily assembled and expediently erected for installation to a beach chair  100  whereby a user is effectively screened from insects otherwise enabled access to said user. 
     The present screen tent apparatus for beach chair  10 , therefore, includes a first bar  20  attachable horizontally to a head  102  of an extant beach chair  100  and a second bar  22  attachable horizontally to a foot  104  of said extant beach chair  100 . Each of said first and second bars  20 ,  22  include a pair of clip members  24  disposed to releasably secure each of said first and second bars  20 ,  22  to the beach chair  100  in a position parallel with the respective head  102  and foot  104  of said beach chair  100 . The clip members  24  releasably fasten around a frame  106  of the extant beach chair  100  and securely retain said first and second bars  20 ,  22  in a position overlying said frame  106 . 
     Each of the first and second bars  20 ,  22  includes a pair of apertures  26  disposed thereon, each of said respective pairs of apertures  26  disposed spaced apart at opposite ends of each respective first and second bar  20 ,  22 . A first bowed frame member  28  is attachable to each of the first bar  20  and the second bar  22  by insertion endwise into each of one of said pair of apertures  26  disposed upon each of said first and second bars  20 ,  22 , said first bowed frame member  28  thereby positional to span, bowed in tension, overlying a longitudinal edge  108  of said beach chair. 
     A second bowed frame member  30  is likewise attachable to each of the first bar  20  and the second bar  22  by insertion into the other of each of the pairs of apertures  26  disposed upon said first and second bar  20 ,  22 . The second bowed member  30  is likewise positional to span, bowed in tension, overlying another longitudinal edge  110  of said beach chair  100 . 
     Each of the first and second bowed frame members  28 ,  30  includes a plurality of interconnectable segments  32 , each of said segments  32  connectable endwise together in longitudinal relation, said first and second bowed frame members  28 ,  30  thereby connectable tensioned and bowed between each of the respective first and second bars  20 ,  22 . An elastomeric cord  34  is strung interiorly through each of the plurality of segments  32  of each of the first and second bowed frame members  28 ,  30  whereby said plurality of segments  32  is maintained attached when not connected endwise and disengaged from installation to each of the first and second bars  20 ,  22 . 
     A netting apparatus  36  is included, said netting apparatus  36  supportable upon the first and second bowed frame members  28 ,  30 . The netting apparatus  36  includes a pair of arced seams  38 , each of said pair of arced seams  38  disposed to overlie each respective first and second bowed frame member  28 ,  30  whereby a roof section  40  is disposed in concave situation overlying the particular beach chair  100  to which the screen tent apparatus for beach chair  10  is installed. The roof section  40  is disposed from a first edge  42 , disposed contacting a ground surface most proximal the foot  104  of the beach chair  100 , and concavely disposed supported upon each of the first and second bowed frame members  28 ,  30 , to a second edge  44  disposed contacting the ground most proximal the head  102  of said beach chair  100 . A pair of side sheets  46  is disposed in vertical relation enclosing the beach chair  100  on each side, whereby an interior space is effectively partitioned from insects in an outdoor environment. 
     To maintain position of the netting apparatus  36  overlying the particular beach chair  100  to which the device  10  is installed, a plurality of weight members  48  is disposed along a lowermost edge  50  of said netting apparatus  36  upon each of the pair of side sheets  46 . The plurality of weight members  48  is positioned to weigh the netting apparatus  36  down under the influence of gravity, said netting apparatus  36  supported upon the first and second bowed frame members  28 ,  30 , whereby the lowermost edge  50  of each of said pair of side sheets  46  is caused to contact a ground surface on either side of the particular beach chair  100  to which the device  10  is installed. The netting apparatus  36  is, therefore, resistant to wind, for example, to maintain position enclosing the particular beach chair  100 , and enclose a barrier is effectively around the beach chair  100  whereby passage of insects therethrough is obviated. 
     To enable entry and egress from the particular beach chair  100  when the present screen tent apparatus for beach chair  10  is installed upon said beach chair  100 , a zippered aperture  52  is disposed in one of the pair of side sheets  46 . In the present embodiment herein disclosed, the zippered aperture  52  is contemplated to include a slanted portion  54 , approximately disposed in parallel relation with a back of the beach chair  100  when said back of the beach chair  100  is positioned at a medial elevation, and a horizontal portion  56  disposed in parallel with the ground surface upon which the chair  100  is disposed. Thus a user may expediently open the zippered aperture  52  to gain access to the beach chair  100 , or exit therefrom, when desired. 
     For convenience of a user seated upon the beach chair  100  when the present screen tent apparatus for beach chair  10  is installed thereto, a cup holder pocket  58  is disposed upon an interior of one of the side sheets  46  of the netting apparatus  36 , said cup holder pocket  58  positioned for convenient access proximal a user sitting upon said beach chair  100 . At least one pocket  60  is disposed upon the interior of at least one of the pair of side sheets  46 , said at least one pocket  60  likewise positioned for convenient access proximal a user sitting upon said beach chair  100  whereby articles and accouterments common to beachgoers are readily storable and accessible, as desired. 
     Thus, the present screen tent apparatus for beach chair  10  is readily positional to surround a beach chair  100  and protect a user seated upon the beach chair  100  from insects thereby readily excluded passage under the netting apparatus  36 . The present screen tent for beach chair  10  is readily collapsible and storable in a compact arrangement, each of the plurality of interconnectable segments  32  of each of the first and second bowed frame members  28 ,  30  foldable into a stored position, and the netting apparatus  36  foldable whereby the screen tent apparatus for beach chair  10  is readily storable and portable, as desired.