Rim chair

• US 6,030,039 A
• Filed: 09/26/1997
• Issued: 02/29/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kirk G. Essler
• Original Assignee: Kirk G. Essler
• Inventors: Essler, Kirk Gregory
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Allred, David E.
• Application Number:
  US08/938,322
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• Field of Search: 297/273, 297/339, 297/DIG. 10, 297/274, 297/275, 297/276, 297/277, 297/281, 4/667, 4/241, 4/237, 5/929, 128/845, 600/38
• US Class Current: 297/273
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 15/008 for sexual intercourse

Abstract

The present invention therefore comprises a chair for supporting a person during sexual activity. The chair comprises a seat having an opening in the middle to permit access to a seated person'"'"'s genitals or anus. The chair also comprises a rigid support frame for supporting the seat, and a flexible support system connected to the seat and the rigid support frame for suspending the seat from the rigid support frame. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the flexible support system comprises a plurality of springs connected to the rigid support frame and the seat.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the chair comprises the seat and flexible support system, which connects to the seat and to an existing rigid support structure.

Claims

1. A chair for supporting a person during sexual intercourse comprising:

a rigid seat consisting of a single substantially flat plate having a front section and a middle section, said substantially flat plate having an opening therethrough in said middle section;

a rigid support frame supporting said rigid seat; and

a flexible support system connected to said rigid seat and to said rigid support frame solely suspending said rigid seat from said rigid support frame, said flexible support system consisting of a plurality of elastic elements.

2. The chair of claim 1 wherein said opening in said middle section of said rigid seat extends to become an opening in and through said front section of said rigid seat.

3. The chair of claim 1 wherein said rigid seat comprises a toilet seat.

4. The chair of claim 1 wherein said rigid support frame further comprises a plurality of feet having screw holes for screwing said feet into the floor.

5. The chair of claim 1 wherein said rigid support frame further comprises a plurality of feet having rubber elements for stabilizing said rigid support frame on the ground.

6. A seat suspended from a rigid support structure comprising:

a rigid seat comprising a toilet seat; and

a flexible support system connected to said rigid seat solely suspending said rigid seat from the rigid support structure, said flexible support system consisting of a plurality of elastic elements.

7. A chair for supporting a person during sexual intercourse consisting of:

a rigid seat comprising a toilet seat;

a rigid support frame supporting said rigid seat; and

a flexible support system connected to said rigid seat and to said rigid support frame said flexible support system solely suspending said rigid seat from said rigid support frame, said flexible support system consisting of a plurality of elastic elements.

8. The chair of claim 7 wherein said toilet seat comprises a front section and a middle section, and wherein said middle section has an opening extending to become an opening in and through said front section of said rigid seat.

9. The chair of claim 7 wherein said rigid support frame further comprises a plurality of feet having screw holes for screwing said feet into the floor.

10. The chair of claim 7 wherein said rigid support frame further comprises a plurality of feet having rubber elements for stabilizing said rigid support frame on the ground.