Folding canopy chair
A folding canopy chair includes a frame, a seat, a back, and arm rests. An umbrella is secured to the frame and is pivotal between an upright use position extending above the chair and a downward storage position adjacent the frame. The umbrella is pivotal about both a horizontal axis and a vertical axis for selective positioning of the umbrella relative to the chair, so as to shade a person sitting in the chair from the sun. The umbrella may be non-symmetrical, and removably mounted on either the left or right, side of the chair.
1. A folding chair, comprising:
a folding chair frame having a left side and a right side;
a seat and a back support attached to the folding frame;
a left frame fitting permanently and irrotatably attached, in an upright position, to a vertical section of an upper end of the left side of the frame, at a fixed left side position;
a right frame fitting permanently and irrotatably attached, in an upright position, to a vertical section of an upper end of the right side of the frame, at a fixed right side position;
an umbrella having a single pole and a collapsible canopy attached to an upper end of the single pole;
a pole fitting on a lower end of the single pole;
with the pole fitting engageable into and releasable from both the left frame fitting and the right frame fitting.
2. The folding chair of claim 1 wherein the canopy is rotatably attached to the pole and includes spokes of non-equal length.
3. The folding chair of claim 1 with the pole comprising a first segment attached to a second segment by a hinge lockable when the first segrhent is at one or more selected angles relative to the second segment.
4. The folding chair of claim 1 with the canopy attached to the pole via a rotation joint to allow the canopy to rotate relative to the chair frame.
5. The folding chair of claim 3 with the hinge comprising a locking push button hinge.
6. The folding chair of claim 1 wherein the umbrella canopy is non-symmetrical.
7. A folding chair, comprising:
a folding chair frame having a substantially straight and vertical rear left and right frame members;
a seat and a back support attached to the folding chair frame;
a left frame fitting in a permanent fixed position on an upper end of the left frame member and having a left up-facing frame attachment piece;
a right frame fitting in a permanently fixed position on an upper end of the right frame member and having a right up-facing frame attachment piece;
an umbrella having a single pole and a canopy attached to an upper end of the pole;
a pole fitting on a lower end of the pole, with the pole fitting adapted to releasably attach to the left up-facing frame attachment piece and to the right up-facing frame attachment piece.
8. The folding chair of claim 7 wherein the canopy is attached to the pole via a rotation joint, and with the canopy having spokes of non-equal length.
9. The folding chair of claim 7 with the pole comprising a first segment attached to a second segment by a hinge lockable when the first segment is at one or more selected angles relative to the second segment.
10. The folding chair of claim 9 with the hinge comprising a locking push button hinge.
11. The folding chair of claim 7 wherein the umbrella canopy is non-symmetrical.
12. A folding chair, comprising:
a folding chair frame having substantially straight and vertical rear left and right frame members extending through left and right armrests on the chair frame, respectively;
a seat and a back support attached to the folding chair frame;
a left frame fitting immovably fixed in position on an upper end of the left frame member above the left armrest;
a right frame fitting immovably fixed in position on an upper end of the right frame member above the right armrest;
an umbrella having a canopy and a single lower pole segment;
a pole fitting on a lower end of the single lower pole segment, with the pole fitting adapted to attach to the left and right frame fittings.
13. A folding chair, comprising:
a folding chair frame having a left side and a right side;
a seat and a back support attached to the folding frame;
a left frame fitting permanently and irrotatably attached, in an upright position, to a vertical section of an upper end of the left side of the frame, at a fixed left side position;
a right frame fitting permanently and irrotatably attached, in an upright position, to a vertical section of an upper end of the right side of the frame, at a fixed right side position;
an umbrella having a single pole including a first segment attached to a second segment by a hinge lockable when the first segment is at one or more selected angles relative to the second segment;
a collapsible canopy rotatably attached to an upper end of the single pole, with the canopy including spokes of non-equal length;
a pole fitting on a lower end of the single pole;
with the pole fitting engageable into and releasable from both the left frame fitting and the right frame fitting.