Patent ID: 6997513

Claim:
An apparatus for providing supportive sitting at levels near or slightly above the ground or other seating level, wherein said apparatus comprises: first and second integrally formed seating elements, said first seating element comprising a first seating surface, said second seating element comprising a second seating surface positioned above, around and at an angle relative to said first seating surface, and at least one support structure for supporting said first and second seating elements above said seating level, wherein said second seating element comprises a generally ring-like structure including outer and inner circumferential edges, wherein said second seating surface is angled downward from said outer edge to said inner edge, wherein said second seating surface adjoins said first seating surface along left and right linear joining segments intersecting the left side of the forward edge of said first seating surface, and the right side of said first seating surface, wherein said first seating surface lies approximately in a first plane and said second seating surface slopes downward toward the center of said chair, such that said inner circumferential edge lies approximately in a second plane and said outer circumferential edge lies approximately in a third plane, wherein said second and first planes intersect along a line parallel to a plane of a forward sloped portion of said first seating element, wherein said third and first planes intersect along a line parallel to said plane of said forward sloped portion of said first seating element, wherein said line of intersection of said third and first planes is forward of said line of intersection of said second and first planes, and wherein an angle formed between said first and second planes is smaller than an angle formed between said first and third planes.