Patent ID: 7325875

Claim:
A beach chair, comprising: a seat having rigid, yet collapsible, frame carrying a flexible platform for supporting the buttocks of a person seated upon said seat and a flexible backrest with shoulder straps secured thereto for supporting the back of a person seated upon said seat and permitting said chair to be easily transported when not employed for seating purposes, said frame having a U-shaped forward support member with a pair of forward legs being connected together by a forward crosspiece for maintaining the front of said platform at a fixed height above the ground, and said frame also having a U-shaped rearward support member with a pair of rearward legs being connected together by a rearward crosspiece for maintaining the rear of said platform at a fixed height above the ground; a swivel apparatus being attached to said seat, said apparatus including: a load-distributing platform for positioning upon the ground; a saddle being pivotally secured atop said platform for supporting said seat above the ground; a pair of mounting clips being secured to the front of said saddle for firmly, yet releasably, grasping said forward crosspiece of said seat; a mounting bracket being secured to the rear of said saddle for holding said rearward crosspiece, said mounting bracket including: a base portion with a first channel therein for snugly receiving the bottom of said rearward crosspiece; a cover portion being positioned atop, and secured to, said base portion, said cover portion having a second channel therein for snugly receiving the top of said rearward crosspiece; and, a pair of threaded fasteners penetrating said cover portion and said saddle for securing said mounting bracket to said saddle.