Chair for outdoor use
View Patent ↗Embodiments described relate generally to chairs for outdoor use. For example, a chair is provided having elbow pockets/channels, a media compartment with collapsible shade and ventilation, a solar powered media charging station, and a mid-section/lumbar support device. In some embodiments, the chair is a folding chair. In at least some embodiments, the chair provides a selection of seated positions for the user. In various embodiments, the chair is a lounge chair, a folding lounge chair, a sand chair (seat height less than 9″), a folding sand chair, an elevated chair (seat height 16″ or higher), and a folding elevated chair.
1. A chair comprising:
a first body portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the first body portion defining a pair of elongated elbow pockets, each of the elbow pockets having a longitudinal axis extending in a direction from the proximal end to the distal end of the first body portion;
a second body portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the first body portion and the second body portion connected at their proximal ends for relative pivotal movement; and
a plurality of legs operatively connected to the first body portion and the second body portion,
wherein the first body portion is configured to decline to a position at or below horizontal.
2. The chair of claim 1 , further comprising a media compartment and a collapsible shade.
3. The chair of claim 2 , wherein the collapsible shade comprises solar power producing material operatively connected to a media charging station.
4. The chair of claim 2 , wherein the collapsible shade further comprises ventilation.
5. The chair of claim 4 , wherein the ventilation is selected from the group consisting of flaps that open and close, slits in material of the collapsible shade, mesh, and active fan ventilation.
6. The chair of claim 1 , further comprising a media charging station.
7. The chair of claim 1 , further comprising a mid-section/lumbar support device.
8. The chair of claim 7 , wherein the mid-section/lumbar support device is inflatable.
9. The chair of claim 1 , wherein the chair is a folding lounge chair and further comprising a framework defining each of the first body portion and the second body portion, a flexible material associated with and attached to the framework for supporting a human body, and to multiple position locking joints disposed on either side of the framework and operatively connected to the first body portion and the second body portion.
10. The chair of claim 9 , wherein the joints are affixed to a plate on either side of the framework.
11. The chair of claim 1 , wherein the framework includes sides of the first body portion and the second body portion and the sides extend from the proximal end to the distal end of the first and second body portions, and wherein the longitudinal axis of the elbow pockets are parallel to the sides of the first body portion and have a decreasing tapered depth and a constant width from the proximal end to the distal end of the elbow pockets.
12. The chair of claim 1 , wherein the chair has an elevated height compared to a standard chair.
13. The chair of claim 1 , wherein the chair has a lower height compared to a standard chair.
14. The chair of claim 1 , further comprising inverted modified half U-shaped support legs.
15. A chair comprising:
a framework covered with a flexible material;
two main body support sections connected at a pivot point, wherein each of the main body support sections are configured to decline to or below horizontal; and
elongated elbow pockets formed in the flexible material of at least one of the main body support sections, each of the elbow pockets having a longitudinal axis extending in a direction from the proximal end to the distal end of the first body portion.
16. The chair of claim 15 , further comprising:
two end support sections, each end support section connected at a distal end of the main body support section opposite to the pivot point between the two main body support sections; and
a media compartment shade connected to at least one of the end support sections.
17. The chair of claim 15 , further comprising solar power producing material operatively connected to a media charging station.
18. The chair of claim 15 , further comprising an inflatable/padded mid-section/lumbar support device positioned over the pivot point.