STADIUM CHAIR

• US 3,594,039 A
• Filed: 04/02/1969
• Issued: 07/20/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles E. Harp
• Original Assignee: Charles E. Harp
• Inventors: Harp, Charles E.
• Application Number:
  US04/812,679
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• US Class Current: 297/252
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/16 Chairs or seats detachably mounted on stadium benches detachably mounted children's chairs A47D1/10
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/622 Receptacles, e.g. cup holders, storage containers
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/66 Means to protect against weather

Abstract

A stadium chair of folding construction having compartments enclosed within both the seat and back portions for readily accessible storage of blankets, food and drink containers, and other accessories.

Claims

1. A stadium chair, comprising:

a. first and second U-shaped tubular, metallic frame members for respectively supporting the seat and back portions of the chair hingedly connected to permit the back portion to swing between upright and parallel positions relative to the seat portion;

b. means for releasably securing said chair to a supporting base, said means comprising a pair of generally U-shaped anchor hooks each having one of its side branches coaxially inserted for free rotation in the forward end of each of the arms of the seat frame member and having the free side branch disposed for anchoring engagement with said base;

c. a keeper clip carried by each of the arms of the back member disposed to lockingly receive said free side branch of the related hook when the back frame member is in said parallel position whereby to lock said back and seat portions to each other in the parallel position; and

d. said back portion including;

1. a padded back support member extending between the arms of the back frame member;

2. a hollow casing mounted on the back frame member rearwardly of the support member;

3. a hinged lid closing the upper end of the casing;

4. partition means dividing the interior of the casing into a plurality of separate storage compartments; and

5. at least one of said compartments having its walls lined with heat-insulating lining.

2. A stadium chair according to claim 1 wherein said seat portion includes:

a. a rectangular boxlike housing constructed of a rigid plastic material mounted between the arms of the seat frame member and defining a storage enclosure;

b. a hinged lid for closing the upper end of said housing; and

c. a resilient cushion on the upper face of the lid.

3. a hinged lid closing the upper end of the casing;

4. A stadium chair according to claim 1, including telescoping, flexible stanchions mounted in the ends of the arms of the back frame member for extension and retraction therefrom.

5. A stadium chair comprising:

a. first and second U-shaped tubular, metallic frame members for respectively supporting the seat and back portions of the chair hingedly connected to permit the back portion to swing between upright and parallel positions relative to the seat portion;

b. cooperating hook means on said frame members operable in one relation to releasably secure said seat portion to a supporting base and in another relation to lock said portions to each other in said parallel position;

c. a hollow casing mounted on the back frame member;

d. partition means dividing the interior with a plurality of separate storage compartments;

e. at least one of said storage compartments having its walls lined with a heat-insulating lining; and

f. a hinged lid closing the upper end of said casing.