Patent ID: 8585136

Claim:
A combination of a chair and a stool base portion, said chair comprising: an upper portion providing a backrest for support for a first user; a lower portion connected to said upper portion and having a sitting portion for supporting said first user in a seated position; said stool base portion adapted to support said chair, and comprising a saddle adapted to releasably engage said chair; said combination is configurable in a first configuration with said chair being coupled to said saddle, and said sitting portion being positioned above said saddle; said combination is manually convertible between said first configuration and a second configuration, where said second configuration comprises said chair still functioning as a chair for said first user, and said stool functioning so that said saddle is accessible to said first user as a work surface or, alternatively, so that said saddle is accessible to a second user as a sitting surface; and said combination further comprises an assembly positioned below said sitting portion and forming at least a pair of base legs which are structured so as to function as rockers for said chair when said combination is in said second configuration.