Patent ID: 8720993

Claim:
A stool for simultaneously accommodating an adult and a smaller child on a support surface thereof in an arrangement wherein the adult sits immediately behind the child, and the adult and child are facing in the same direction, wherein the stool comprises: a quadrilateral arrangement of four legs of rigid material wherein the legs flare outwardly from top to bottom to provide a stable support; a rigid seat surface permanently attached to the tops of the four legs and having a fore and aft axis of symmetry which is aligned diagonally across an opposed set of legs in said quadrilateral arrangement of legs, wherein the seat surface comprises a main portion of sufficient width and depth as to accommodate a seated adult and, integral with said main portion, a forwardly extending progressively narrower tongue portion with a rounded forward end which lies forward of the arrangement of legs for accommodating the child seated thereon; and a rigid brace having a bottom end attached to one of the legs in the diagonal pair of legs which lie along the aforesaid axis of symmetry, said brace extending upwardly and forwardly to an attachment point under said tongue to provide a stable support for the adult and child while simultaneously seated on the support surface of the stool; all of the legs, support surface and brace being made of a durable rigid material; the main seating portion having a horizontal width crosswise to said axis of symmetry of at least 30 cm and the support surface measured along said axis of symmetry having a length of at least 50 cm.