Patent ID: 7445586

Claim:
A combination chair and leg extension apparatus, comprising: a chair having a generally L-shaped frame on which is disposed a seat portion and a back portion, and a base portion having legs extending below the frame to the floor, the seat portion having a top surface for sitting and a bottom surface opposed to the top surface, a tilt up means disposed between the frame and the base portion to permit selective pivoting of the frame into a position in which a front edge of the frame is spaced away from the base, a leg extension apparatus attached to the chair, the apparatus comprising: a telescoping tube member mounted in a longitudinal orientation on the bottom surface of the seat portion, the tube having at least two segments concentrically arranged for telescopic movement in relation to each other, the tube having a front end disposed toward the front of the chair and a back end disposed toward the back of the chair, a flexor leg pivotally mounted to the front end of the tube and terminating in a pair of foot stirrups, and a pneumatic resistor connecting the flexor leg to the back end of the tube, the apparatus permitting a user seated in the chair to engage the stirrups with the user's feet and, using the force of the user's leg strength to overcome the resistence provided by the resistor, to kick the flexor leg from a position below the seat portion forward in an arc, thereby drawing forward the tube to fully extend the flexor leg and the tube forwardly away from the chair, wherein the tilt up means, when tilted up, provides clearance for the flexor leg and the user's feet to sweep below the seat portion without touching the floor, and when not tilted, allows the chair to be used in the manner of a standard chair wherein the user's feet touch the floor.