Patent ID: 7905184

Claim:
A foldable stool, comprising: a first upper portion having a first edge and a second edge; a second upper portion having a first edge and a second edge, wherein said first upper portion and said second upper portion are rotatably interconnected by a hinge; a first non-folding support member having a top edge, a bottom edge, a left lateral edge and a right lateral edge, and wherein said top edge is interconnected by a hinge to said second edge of said first upper portion, said first non-folding support member formed of a hard plastic material and comprising at least a first step, wherein a side-to-side oriented centerline of said first step is eccentrically located relative to a front surface of said first non-folding support member, wherein a distance from a front edge of said first step to said front surface of said first non-folding support member at a top surface of said first step is at least two times greater than a distance from the front surface of said first non-folding support member at the top surface of said first step to a back edge of said first step; a second non-folding support member having a top edge, a bottom edge, a left lateral edge and a right lateral edge, and wherein said top edge is interconnected by a hinge to said second edge of said second upper portion, said second non-folding support member formed of the hard plastic material; a first lateral portion comprising a first folding support member hingedly interconnected to a second folding support member, said first lateral portion having a left lateral edge and a right lateral edge, said left lateral edge hingedly interconnected to said right lateral edge of said first non-folding support member and said right lateral edge hingedly interconnected to said left lateral edge of said second non-folding support member; a second lateral portion comprising a third folding support member hingedly interconnected to a fourth folding support member, said second lateral portion having a left lateral edge and a right lateral edge, said left lateral edge hingedly interconnected to said right lateral edge of said second non-folding support member and said right lateral edge hingedly interconnected to said left lateral edge of said first non-folding support member; and wherein said first lateral portion and second lateral portion include at least one projection associated with an upper edge thereof for operable engagement within a corresponding receptacle located in a bottom surface of at least one of said first upper portion and second upper portion, and wherein said stool is collapsible from a first position of use to a second position of storage where the first non-folding support member and the second non-folding support member are positioned adjacent to each other.