Collapsible footstool
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a top portion;
(b) a crossing bottom assembly having first and second end panels and a plurality of crossing members;
(c) attachment means to attach said first and second end panels to said top portion, and said plurality of crossing members to said first and second end panels,(d) releasably securing means to releasably secure each said crossing member into an assembled configuration; and
(e) fastening means to fasten said bottom crossing assembly into a releasably secured carrying configuration, wherein said apparatus folds into the releasably secured carrying configuration no larger than a top panel of said top portion,wherein said crossing bottom assembly is attached to said top portion by said attachment means, said top panel comprises a top face and a bottom face, and at least one of said plurality of crossing members is attached to said first end panel and at least one of said plurality of crossing members is attached to said second end panel, by said attachment means.
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Abstract
A foldable plastic or laminated paperboard footstool which can be used for resting an individual'"'"'s feet and which can be easily assembled from a plastic or laminated paperboard, or corrugated plastic or paperboard blank.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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(a) a top portion; (b) a crossing bottom assembly having first and second end panels and a plurality of crossing members; (c) attachment means to attach said first and second end panels to said top portion, and said plurality of crossing members to said first and second end panels, (d) releasably securing means to releasably secure each said crossing member into an assembled configuration; and (e) fastening means to fasten said bottom crossing assembly into a releasably secured carrying configuration, wherein said apparatus folds into the releasably secured carrying configuration no larger than a top panel of said top portion, wherein said crossing bottom assembly is attached to said top portion by said attachment means, said top panel comprises a top face and a bottom face, and at least one of said plurality of crossing members is attached to said first end panel and at least one of said plurality of crossing members is attached to said second end panel, by said attachment means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A unitary blank for foldably constructing a footstool, said blank comprising:
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(a) a top panel; (b) first and second end panels foldably connected to two opposing sides of said top panel; (c) four crossing members, each said crossing member foldably attached to a side of each said end panel; (d) at least one bottom panel foldably connected to said top panel; (e) a slot provided in each said crossing member, wherein said slot is generally rectangular, having a width that is slightly greater than twice the thickness of said blank, and having a length slightly greater than the width of said crossing members; and (f) fastening means to fasten said crossing members to each other, wherein said blank is fabricated from a material selected from the group comprising corrugated plastic substrate and laminated corrugated paperboard. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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