RACQUET CHAIR

• US 20120267929A1
• Filed: 04/20/2012
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Erik Robert Donley
• Original Assignee: Erik Robert Donley
• Inventors: Donley, Erik Robert
• Granted Patent: US 8,820,841 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/311
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 4/03 Non-upholstered chairs, e.g. metal, plastic or wooden chairs
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A chair includes a first component resembling sporting equipment and including a head portion and a handle portion. The head portion is pivotable about a first axis located on the handle portion. The chair also includes a second component that is substantially identical to the first component and interconnects with the first component to form a chair. The second component also resembles sporting equipment and includes a head portion and a handle portion. The head portion of the second component is pivotable about a second axis located on the handle portion of the second component. When assembled, one of the head portion of the first component and the head portion of the second component forms a seat of the chair.

Claims

1. A chair comprising:

a first component resembling sporting equipment and including a head portion and a handle portion, wherein the head portion is pivotable about a first axis located on the handle portion; and

a second component being substantially identical to the first component and interconnecting with the first component to form a chair, the second component resembling sporting equipment and including a head portion and a handle portion,

wherein the head portion of the second component is pivotable about a second axis located on the handle portion of the second component;

wherein one of the head portion of the first component and the head portion of the second component forms a seat of the chair.

2. The chair of claim 1, further comprising a connection slot located in the handle portion of the first component and a connection slot located in the handle portion of the second component, wherein the first component and the second component interconnect by mating the connection slot of the first component with the connection slot of the second component.

3. The chair of claim 2, wherein the connection slot of the first component extends from a first side surface to a second side surface of the handle portion of the first component and terminates a distance from the first side surface that is less than a thickness of the handle portion of the first component.

4. The chair of claim 3, wherein the connection slot of the first component is oriented at an angle from a front surface of the handle portion of the first component that is less than 90 degrees.

5. The chair of claim 3, wherein the connection slot of the second component extends from first a side surface to a second side surface of the handle portion of the second component and terminates a distance from the first side surface of the handle portion of the second component that is less than a thickness of the handle portion of the second component.

6. The chair of claim 5, wherein the connection slot of the second component is oriented at an angle from a front surface of the handle portion of the second component that is less than 90 degrees.

7. The chair of claim 1, wherein the handle portion of the first component comprises an end and the pivotable head portion of the first component comprises a foot bed and wherein the handle portion of the second component comprises an end and the pivotable head portion of the second component comprises a foot bed, the foot beds of the first component and the second component being located on a front surface of the head portions of the first and second components.

8. The chair of claim 7, wherein the head portion of the first component pivots about the first axis located on the handle portion of the first component so that the foot bed of the first component receivably engages the end of the handle portion of the second component.

9. The chair of claim 8, wherein the head portion of the second component pivots about the second axis located on the handle portion of the second component so that the foot bed of the second component receivably engages the end of the handle portion of the first component.

10. The chair of claim 9, wherein the end of the handle portion of the first component is oriented at an angle from a front surface of the handle portion of the first component, and the end of the handle portion of the second component is oriented at an angle from a front surface of the handle portion of the second component, the angles of the end being less than 90 degrees.

11. A chair comprising:

a pair of substantially identical components that are interconnected to form a chair, wherein the first component includes an end, a foot bed and a connection slot and the second component includes an end, a foot bed and a connection slot;

wherein the connection slot of the first component mates with the connection slot of the second component; and

wherein the end of the first component mates with the foot bed of the second component and the end of the second component mates with the foot bed of the first component.

12. The chair of claim 11, wherein the first component and the second component resemble racquets and include a head portion and a handle portion, wherein the foot beds of each of the first component and the second component are located on front surfaces of the head portions and the connection slots of each of the first component and the second component are located in the handle portions.

13. The chair of claim 12, wherein the head portion of the first component is pivotable about a first axis located on the handle portion of the first component and the head portion of the second component is pivotable about a second axis located on the handle portion of the second component.

14. The chair of claim 13, wherein the head portion of the first component is oriented at an angle relative to the handle portion of the first component that is less than 90 degrees when the chair is in an assembled state and the head portion of the second component is oriented at an angle relative to the handle portion of the second component that is less than 90 degrees when chair is in an assembled state.

15. The chair of claim 12, wherein the connection slot of the first component is oriented at an angle from a front surface of the handle portion of the first component that is less than 90 degrees and the connection slot of the second component is oriented at an angle from a front surface of the handle portion of the first component that is less than 90 degrees.

16. The chair of claim 12, wherein the connection slot of the first component extends from a first side surface to a second side surface of the handle portion of the first component and terminates a distance from the first side surface of the handle portion of the first component that is less than a thickness of the handle portion of the first component and wherein the connection slot of the second component extends from a first side surface to a second side surface of the handle portion of the second component and terminates a distance from the first side surface of the handle portion of the second component that is less than a thickness of the handle portion of the second component.

17. The chair of claim 12, wherein the end of the first component is oriented at an angle from a front surface of the handle portion of the first component, and the end of the second component is oriented at an angle from a front surface of the handle portion of the second component, the angles of the ends being less than 90 degrees.

18. A method of assembling a chair, the method comprising:

obtaining a first component resembling sporting equipment and a second component resembling sporting equipment, the first and second components being substantially identical;

mating a connection slot located in a handle portion of the first component with a connection slot located in a handle portion of the second component;

pivoting a head portion of the first component about a first axis located on the handle portion of the first component to lock an end of the second component into a foot bed located on the head portion of the first component; and

pivoting a head portion of the second component about a second axis located on the handle portion of the second component to lock an end of the first component into a foot bed located on the head portion of the second component;

wherein one of the head portion of the first component and the head portion of the second component forms a seat of the chair.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the foot bed of the first component is located on a front surface of the head portion of the first component and the foot bed of the second component is located on a front surface of the head portion of the second component.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein pivoting the head portions of the first component and the second component comprises pivoting the head portions of the first component and the second component such that the foot bed on the front surface of the head portion of the first component faces the foot bed on the front surface of the head portion of the second component.