Portable chair and methods of forming a portable chair
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A47C-031/00
A47C-004/30
A47C-005/02
A47C-004/34
A47C-004/44
A47C-005/10
출원번호
US-0602841
(2017-05-23)
등록번호
US-10194749
(2019-02-05)
발명자
/ 주소
Doolan, William S.
Nichols, Steve Charles
Seiders, Roy Joseph
출원인 / 주소
YETI Coolers, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
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초록▼
A portable chair may include a first front leg and a second front leg connected by a front sled and a first back leg and a second back leg connected by a back sled. The front sled may include a first front foot and a second front foot and the back sled may include a first back foot and a second back
A portable chair may include a first front leg and a second front leg connected by a front sled and a first back leg and a second back leg connected by a back sled. The front sled may include a first front foot and a second front foot and the back sled may include a first back foot and a second back foot. Each of the feet attached to the front and back sleds may include retention feature holes configured to allow water to drain from the sled/foot interface. The portable chair may further include a seat including a seat frame border including a plurality of protrusions. The seat frame border may be rigidly attached to the seat via an injection molding process. The portable chair may also include a seat frame to which the plurality of protrusions of the seat frame border is configured to be removably attached.
대표청구항▼
1. A portable chair comprising: a first front leg and a second front leg connected by a front sled;a first back leg and a second back leg connected by a back sled;a seat including a seat frame border, wherein the seat is of a highly-permeable, weave-type construction, and wherein the seat frame bord
1. A portable chair comprising: a first front leg and a second front leg connected by a front sled;a first back leg and a second back leg connected by a back sled;a seat including a seat frame border, wherein the seat is of a highly-permeable, weave-type construction, and wherein the seat frame border is a rigid over-mold that is rigidly attached to the seat by an injection molding process;wherein the injection molding process forms a plurality of protrusions on an underside portion of the seat frame border; anda seat frame including a first terminal end, a second terminal end, and a seat attachment rail, wherein the plurality of protrusions on the underside portion of the seat frame border are configured to removably engage with the seat attachment rail. 2. The portable chair of claim 1, wherein the seat frame further includes a carrying handle and wherein the carrying handle is configured to receive the seat frame border. 3. The portable chair of claim 1, wherein the seat frame further includes a seat handle comprising a side opening and wherein the seat frame border comprises a carrying handle side cover for covering the side opening. 4. The portable chair of claim 1, wherein the seat attachment rail comprises a plurality of slots configured to receive the plurality of protrusions and wherein the seat attachment rail further comprises a channel and the seat frame border further comprises a series of ribs and the channel supports the series of ribs, the ribs being configured to relieve loading of the plurality of protrusions on the seat frame border. 5. The portable chair of claim 4, wherein the plurality of protrusions each comprise a separate projection extending perpendicular to the plurality of slots when the plurality of protrusions are located in the plurality of slots in the seat attachment rail to lock the seat frame border to the seat frame. 6. The portable chair of claim 4, wherein the series of ribs are adjoined to a flange extending from the underside portion of the seat frame border. 7. The portable chair of claim 4, wherein the seat frame border is secured to the seat frame by locating a first end of the seat frame border into a first end of the seat frame and rolling and flexing the seat frame border from the first end of the seat frame to a second end of the seat frame causing the plurality of protrusions to align with the plurality of slots in the seat attachment rail to lock the seat frame border into place on the seat frame. 8. The portable chair of claim 4, wherein the plurality of protrusions each comprise a screw interface projection and wherein in a state in which the plurality of protrusions are inserted into the plurality of slots the seat frame border is secured to the seat frame by at least one screw inserted into at least one of the plurality of protrusions. 9. The portable chair of claim 1, further comprising: a first front leg joinery interface including a tubular protrusion onto which the first front leg is configured to be inserted and welded onto anda first back leg joinery interface including a tubular protrusion onto which the first back leg is configured to be inserted and welded onto. 10. The portable chair of claim 9, further comprising: a first arm rest configured to be rotatably fastened to the first front leg joinery interface and the first back leg joinery interface via a first front pin. 11. The portable chair of claim 9, further comprising: a second front leg joinery interface including a tubular protrusion onto which the second front leg is configured to be inserted and welded onto; anda second back leg joinery interface including a tubular protrusion onto which the second back leg is configured to be inserted and welded onto. 12. The portable chair of claim 11, further comprising: a second arm rest configured to be rotatably fastened to the second front leg joinery interface and the first back leg joinery interface via a second front pin. 13. The portable chair of claim 1, further comprising: a back including a back frame border, wherein the back is of a highly-permeable, weave-type construction, and wherein the back frame border is a rigid over-mold that is rigidly attached to the back by an injection molding process; wherein the injection molding process forms a plurality of protrusions on an backside portion of the back frame border; anda back frame including a first terminal end, a second terminal end, a first back attachment rail, and a second back attachment rail, wherein the plurality of protrusions on the backside portion of the back frame border are configured to removably engage with the first back attachment rail and the second back attachment rail. 14. The portable chair of claim 13, further comprising a first back joinery interface including a tubular protrusion onto which the first terminal end of the back frame is configured to be inserted and welded onto; anda second back joinery interface including a tubular protrusion onto which the second terminal end of the back frame is configured to be inserted and welded onto. 15. The portable chair of claim 14, further comprising: a first seat joinery interface including a tubular protrusion onto which the first terminal end of the seat frame is configured to be inserted and welded onto; anda second seat joinery interface including a tubular protrusion onto which the second terminal end of the seat frame is configured to be inserted and welded onto. 16. The portable chair of claim 15, wherein each of the first front leg, second front leg, front sled, first back leg, second back leg, back sled, seat frame, and back frame are composed of hydroformed aluminum, and wherein the front sled includes a first front foot and a second front foot and the back sled includes a first back foot and a second back foot, and wherein each of the first front foot, second front foot, first back foot, and second back include a retention feature hole configured to allow water to drain from an interface between the foot associated with the retention feature hole and the particular sled on which the foot is attached. 17. A method comprising: inserting a rearmost side attachment screw interface on a first side of a seat frame border attached to a seat by an injection molding process into a rearmost side attachment hole of a first side attachment rail attached to a seat frame and a rearmost side attachment screw interface on a second side of the seat frame border into a rearmost side attachment hole of a second side attachment rail attached to the seat frame;inserting a first middle side attachment screw interface and a second middle side attachment screw interface on the first side of the seat frame border into a first middle side attachment hole and a second middle side attachment hole of the first side attachment rail and a first middle side attachment screw interface and a second middle side attachment screw interface on the second side of the seat frame border into a first middle side attachment hole and a second middle side attachment hole of the second side attachment rail;inserting a frontmost side attachment screw interface on the first side of the seat frame border into a frontmost side attachment hole of the first side attachment rail and a frontmost side attachment clip on the second side of the seat frame border into a frontmost side attachment hole of the second side attachment rail;aligning a front attachment clip on a third side of the seat frame border with a front attachment hole of on a first end portion of a carrying handle attached to the seat frame and a front attachment clip on the third side of the seat frame border with a front attachment hole on a second end portion of the carrying handle; andinserting the front attachment clip on the first side of the seat frame border into the front attachment hole on the first end portion of the carrying handle and the front attachment clip on the second side of the seat frame border into the front attachment hole on the second end portion of the carrying handle. 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising: removing a screw access panel of the first side attachment rail and a screw access panel of the second side attachment rail; andinserting a screw into each of the rearmost side attachment screw interface, first middle side attachment screw interface, second middle side attachment screw interface, and frontmost side attachment screw interface on the first side of the seat frame border and a screw into each of the rearmost side attachment screw interface, first middle side attachment screw interface, second middle side attachment screw interface, and frontmost side attachment screw interface on the second side of the seat frame border to secure the seat to the seat frame. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein seat is rolled from a rear side to a front side during assembling the seat to the seat frame. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the seat frame border, on the first side, includes a rear rib between the rearmost side attachment screw interface and the first middle side attachment screw interface, a middle rib between the first middle side attachment screw interface and the second middle side attachment screw interface, and a front rib between the second middle side attachment screw interface and the frontmost side attachment screw interface and, on the second side, includes a rear rib between the rearmost side attachment screw interface and the first middle side attachment screw interface, a middle rib between the first middle side attachment screw interface and the second middle side attachment screw interface, and a front rib between the second middle side attachment screw interface and the frontmost side attachment screw interface.
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