Patent ID: 8636318

Claim:
A lounge chair equipped for face down lounging, comprising: a frame having opposed top and bottom end rails and opposed side rails extending longitudinally between said top and bottom end rails, said frame including a lower section adjacent said bottom end rail, an upper section adjacent said top end rail, and a middle section intermediate said lower and upper sections; a plurality of leg members extending downwardly from said frame and spaced apart from one another so as to support said frame upon a surface in a generally horizontal configuration; a fabric material stretched across and attached to said frame between said top and bottom end rails and between said opposed side rails, said fabric material configured to support a person thereon; wherein said fabric material on said upper section of said frame defining a face opening having a configuration to receive the face of a user reclining on said fabric material in a face down position; wherein said fabric material on said upper section defines a first arm opening adjacent a respective side rail of said frame and a second arm opening adjacent an opposed respective side rail of said frame opposite said first arm opening; wherein one of said plurality of leg members is a front leg member positioned beneath said upper section of said frame, said front leg member having opposed support legs extending downwardly from respective side rails of said frame and having a support bar extending linearly between said support legs and situated about midway between said fabric material and the free end of the front leg member; wherein said support bar is situated directly beneath said face opening; and a platform coupled to and situated atop said support bar, said platform configured to be generally parallel to said upper section and beneath said face opening.