U.S. patent application number 13/867997 was filed with the patent office on 2014-10-23 for chair with cold protection hand pockets.
This patent application is currently assigned to FTI GROUP (HOLDING) COMPANY LIMITED. The applicant listed for this patent is FTI GROUP (HOLDING) COMPANY LIMITED. Invention is credited to Jerry Moon.
Application Number | 20140312659 13/867997 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 51728461 |
Filed Date | 2014-10-23 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140312659 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Moon; Jerry |
October 23, 2014 |
CHAIR WITH COLD PROTECTION HAND POCKETS
Abstract
A chair with cold protection hand pockets includes a chair body
having a seat, a backrest upward extended from a rear edge of the
seat, and two armrests located above two lateral side of the seat;
and a base located below the chair body to support the seat at a
predetermined height from the ground. Two cold protection hand
pockets are provided on front ends of the two armrests. Each of the
cold protection hand pockets encloses a receiving space having an
inlet opening, via which a user may extend one hand into the
receiving space. When the chair is used outdoors, the user may rest
two arms on the armrests with two hands extended through the inlet
openings into the receiving spaces of the cold protection hand
pockets to achieve the purpose of protecting hands against cold and
wind while keeping hands warm.
Inventors: |
Moon; Jerry; (Taipei,
TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
COMPANY LIMITED; FTI GROUP (HOLDING) |
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US |
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Assignee: |
FTI GROUP (HOLDING) COMPANY
LIMITED
Grand Cayman
KY
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Family ID: |
51728461 |
Appl. No.: |
13/867997 |
Filed: |
April 22, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
297/16.2 ;
297/217.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47C 7/54 20130101; A47C
7/62 20130101; A47C 7/624 20180801; A47C 4/286 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
297/16.2 ;
297/217.1 |
International
Class: |
A47C 7/62 20060101
A47C007/62; A47C 4/28 20060101 A47C004/28 |
Claims
1. A chair with cold protection hand pockets, comprising a chair
body and a base located below the chair body to support the latter
at a predetermined height from the ground; the chair body including
a seat for a user to sit on, a backrest upward extended from a rear
edge of the seat for resting the user's back, and two armrests
forward extended from the backrest to locate above two lateral
sides of the seat, being characterized by: two cold protection hand
pockets provided on front ends of the two armrests; each of the
cold protection hand pockets having a hand-cover portion and a
connection portion, and the hand-cover portion enclosing a
receiving space having an inlet opening, via which a user may
extend one hand into the receiving space.
2. The chair with cold protection hand pockets as claimed in claim
1, wherein the cold protection hand pockets are turnable at the
connection portions to selectively move the hand-cover portions
between a vertically suspended and downward pointed position and a
freely adjustable hand covering position.
3. The chair with cold protection hand pockets as claimed in claim
1, wherein the cold protection hand pockets are respectively formed
of a first fabric sheet and a second fabric sheet, which are sewed
together along part of their edges; the first fabric sheet having a
first section, which is located corresponding to the second fabric
sheet and cooperates with the latter to define the receiving space
between them, and a second section, which is upward located beyond
the second fabric sheet and forms the connection portion.
4. The chair with cold protection hand pockets as claimed in claim
1, wherein the seat, the backrest and the armrests of the chair
body are made of a soft fabric material and the base is in the form
of a collapsible frame; whereby the chair body can be selectively
set into an extended state for the user to sit on simply by
extending the collapsible frame of the base, or into a collapsed
state for convenient storage by collapsing the collapsible frame of
the base.
5. The chair with cold protection hand pockets as claimed in claim
4, wherein the base includes four sets of scissor linkages, which
are correspondingly located at a front, a rear, a left and a right
side of the base; and the four sets of scissor linkages being
pivotally connected with one another by pivotally connecting their
lower ends to four foot supports and their upper ends to four
pivotal joints, so as to form the collapsible frame.
6. The chair with cold protection hand pockets as claimed in claim
5, wherein the collapsible frame further includes two back poles,
which respectively have a lower section and an upper section; the
lower sections of the back poles being downwardly extended through
two rear ones of the four pivotal joints to connect to two rear
ones of the foot supports.
7. The chair with cold protection hand pockets as claimed in claim
6, wherein the upper ends of the front one of the four scissor
linkages are upward extended and then laterally outward bent to
provide two armrest supports.
8. The chair with cold protection hand pockets as claimed in claim
7, wherein the chair body is formed of a third fabric sheet and a
fourth fabric sheet upward extended from a rear side of the third
fabric sheet; the third fabric sheet being located on the pivotal
joints with two front corners of the third fabric sheet fitted on
around the two upper ends of the front scissor linkage and two rear
corners fitted on around the two back poles, such that the third
fabric sheet forms the seat; and the fourth fabric sheet having two
lateral sides fitted on around the upper sections of the back poles
to thereby form the backrest.
9. The chair with cold protection hand pockets as claimed in claim
7, wherein the armrests are respectively formed of a fifth fabric
sheet; and the fifth fabric sheets being connected at their front
ends to the armrest supports of the collapsible frame with their
rear ends fitted on around the back poles.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a chair with cold
protection hand pockets, and more particularly to a chair having
cold protection hand pockets provided on two armrests thereof.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Living in the modern society, leisure activities have become
very important to people who are fatigued with hard work everyday
and accumulated pressure. People try to remove their pressure and
fatigue through contact with the nature during leisure activities.
Therefore, various kinds of products in connection with leisure and
outdoor activities have been designed and developed for
consumers.
[0003] FIG. 1 shows a folding leisure chair 1, which is very common
in the market. The folding leisure chair 1 includes a collapsible
chair frame 11 formed of four sets of sequentially pivotally
connected scissor linkages 10. Each of the scissor linkages 10 is
formed of two link bars 12, which cross each other and are
pivotally connected at the intersection. Two upper ends of a front
one of the four scissor linkages 10 are upward extended and then
laterally outward bent to provide two armrest supports 13. A canvas
seat 14 is assembled to a top of the chair frame 11 and two canvas
armrests 15 are located above two lateral sides of the chair frame
11 to form the folding leisure chair 1.
[0004] While the currently commercially available folding leisure
chair 1 is collapsible to largely reduce its volume for convenient
storage and good portability, it serves only as a chair without
other functions, such as protecting a user's hands against cold and
wind, and therefore fails to satisfy the users in terms of its use
in outdoor leisure activities.
[0005] It is therefore desirable to develop a leisure chair with
cold protection hand pockets, so that the leisure chair is more
practical for use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] A primary object of the present invention is to provide a
chair with cold protection hand pockets, whereby when the chair is
used outdoors, a user sitting on the chair may extend two hands
into the cold protection hand pockets to protect hands against cold
and wind while keeping hands warm.
[0007] To achieve the above and other objects, the chair with cold
protection hand pockets according to the present invention includes
a chair body and a base located below the chair body to support the
latter at a predetermined height from the ground. The chair body
includes a seat for a user to sit on, a backrest upward extended
from a rear edge of the seat for resting the user's back, and two
armrests forward extended from the backrest to locate above two
lateral sides of the seat. The chair is characterized by two cold
protection hand pockets provided on front ends of the two armrests.
Each of the cold protection hand pockets has a hand-cover portion
and a connection portion, and the hand-cover portion encloses a
receiving space having an inlet opening, via which a user may
extend one hand into the receiving space.
[0008] The cold protection hand pockets are turnable at the
connection portions to selectively move the hand-cover portions
between a vertically suspended and downward pointed position and a
freely adjustable hand covering position.
[0009] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, each of
the cold protection hand pockets is formed of a first fabric sheet
and a second fabric sheet, which are sewed together along part of
their edges. The first fabric sheet has a first section, which is
located corresponding to the second fabric sheet and cooperates
with the latter to define the receiving space between them, and a
second section, which is upward located beyond the second fabric
sheet and forms the connection portion.
[0010] Further, the seat, the backrest and the armrests of the
chair body are made of a soft fabric material and the base is in
the form of a collapsible frame. Therefore, the chair body can be
selectively set into an extended state for the user to sit on
simply by extending the collapsible frame of the base, or into a
collapsed state for convenient storage by collapsing the
collapsible frame of the base.
[0011] The base includes four sets of scissor linkages, which are
correspondingly located at a front, a rear, a left and a right side
of the base. The four sets of scissor linkages are pivotally
connected with one another by pivotally connecting their lower ends
to four foot supports and their upper ends to four pivotal joints,
so as to form the collapsible frame. The collapsible frame further
includes two back poles, which respectively have a lower section
and an upper section. The lower sections of the back poles are
downwardly extended through two rear ones of the four pivotal
joints to connect to two rear ones of the foot supports.
[0012] However, the upper ends of the front one of the four scissor
linkages are upward extended and then laterally outward bent to
provide two armrest supports.
[0013] Further, the chair body is formed of a third fabric sheet
and a fourth fabric sheet upward extended from the third fabric
sheet. The third fabric sheet is located on the pivotal joints with
two front corners of the third fabric sheet fitted on around the
two upper ends of the front scissor linkage and two rear corners
fitted on around the two back poles, such that the third fabric
sheet forms the seat. The fourth fabric sheet has two lateral sides
fitted on around the upper sections of the back poles to thereby
form the backrest.
[0014] The armrests are respectively formed of a fifth fabric
sheet. The fifth fabric sheets are connected at their front ends to
the armrest supports of the collapsible frame with their rear ends
fitted on around the back poles.
[0015] The chair of the present invention is characterized in
having two cold protection hand pockets. The cold protection hand
pockets are connected to the front ends of the armrests, and
respectively enclose a receiving space for receiving a hand
therein. When the chair is used outdoors, the user may rest two
arms on the armrests with two hands extended into the receiving
spaces of the cold protection hand pockets to achieve the purpose
of protecting hands against cold and wind while keeping hands
warm.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0016] The structure and the technical means adopted by the present
invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best
understood by referring to the following detailed description of
the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings,
wherein
[0017] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional leisure
chair;
[0018] FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of a chair with cold
protection hand pockets according to a preferred embodiment of the
present invention;
[0019] FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing details of a cold
protection hand pocket on the chair of FIG. 2;
[0020] FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view showing the cold protection
hand pocket of FIG. 3 can be moved between a downward suspended
position and a freely adjustable hand covering position;
[0021] FIG. 5 schematically shows a user sitting on the chair of
the present invention with one hand extended into the cold
protection hand pocket; and
[0022] FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 2.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0023] The present invention will now be described with a preferred
embodiment thereof and with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
[0024] Please refer to FIG. 2, in which a chair with cold
protection hand pockets according to a preferred embodiment of the
present invention is shown. For the purpose of conciseness, the
present invention is also briefly referred to as the chair herein
and generally denoted by reference numeral 2. As shown, the chair 2
includes a chair body 20 and a base 30 located below the chair body
20 to support the latter at a predetermined height from the ground.
The chair body 20 includes a seat 21 for a user to sit on, a
backrest 22 upward extended from a rear edge of the seat 21 for
resting the user's back, and two armrests 23 forward extended from
the backrest 22 to locate above two lateral sides of the seat
21.
[0025] Please refer to FIG. 3. The chair 2 is characterized in
having a cold protection hand pocket 40 provided on a front end of
each of the two armrests 23. Each of the cold protection hand
pockets 40 has a hand-cover portion 41 and a connection portion 42.
The hand-cover portion 41 encloses a receiving space 44 having an
inlet opening 43. The user may extend one hand into the receiving
space 44 of the hand-cover portion 41 via the inlet opening 43.
[0026] In the illustrated preferred embodiment, the cold protection
hand pocket 40 each is formed by sewing a first fabric sheet 45 and
a second fabric sheet 46 together along part of their edges. The
first fabric sheet 45 has a first section 451, which is located
corresponding to the second fabric sheet 46 and cooperates with the
latter to define the receiving space 44 between them, and a second
section 452, which is upward located beyond the second fabric sheet
46 and forms the connection portion 42.
[0027] Please refer to FIGS. 3, 4 and 5. When the chair 2 is not in
use, the cold protection hand pockets 40 are in a vertically
downward suspended position 411 with the hand-cover portions 41
pointed toward the ground. And, when the chair 2 is in use and the
user sits on the seat 21 of the chair body 20 with two arms rested
on the two armrests 23, the user may further extend two hands into
the receiving spaces 44 via the inlet openings 43. Then, the user
may selectively turn the connection portion 42 to move the
hand-cover portions 41 of the cold protection hand pockets 40 to a
hand-covering position 412. The hand-covering position 412 is
adjustable according to the user's preference or need in use
without being particularly limited to a certain fixed position.
With these arrangements, when the chair 2 is used outdoors, the
user may conveniently place two hands in the receiving spaces 44
via the inlet openings 43 to protect the hands against cold or
wind.
[0028] FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the chair 2 in the
illustrated preferred embodiment. As shown, the seat 21, the
backrest 22 and the armrests 23 of the chair body 20 are made of a
soft material, and the base 30 is in the form of a collapsible
frame 31, with which the chair body 20 can be set into an extended
state for the user to sit on or into a collapsed state for
convenient storage. Therefore, the chair 2 not in use can be
collapsed to largely reduce its volume and be conveniently stored
without the problem of occupying a large space.
[0029] The base 30 includes four sets of scissor linkages 32, which
are correspondingly located at a front, a rear, a left and a right
side of the base 30. The four sets of scissor linkages 32 are
pivotally connected at their lower ends to four foot supports 33
and at their upper ends to four pivotal joints 34, so as to
pivotally connect with one another and form the collapsible frame
31. The collapsible frame 31 can further include two back poles 35,
which respectively have a lower section 351 and an upper section
352. The lower sections 351 of the back poles 35 are downwardly
extended through two rear ones of the pivotal joints 34 to connect
to two rear ones of the foot supports 33, so that the collapsible
frame 31 can be collapsed from an extended state through
manipulating the two back poles 35 for convenient storage. The
upper ends of the front one of the scissor linkages 32 are upward
extended and then laterally outward bent to provide two armrest
supports 321.
[0030] The chair body 20 is formed of a third fabric sheet 24 and a
fourth fabric sheet 25 upward extended from a rear side of the
third fabric sheet 24. The third fabric sheet 24 is located on the
pivotal joints 34 with two front corners of the third fabric sheet
24 fitted on around the two upper ends of the front scissor linkage
32 and two rear corners fitted on around the two back poles 35,
such that the third fabric sheet 24 forms the seat 21. The fourth
fabric sheet 25 has two lateral sides fitted on around the upper
sections 352 of the back poles 35, such that the fourth fabric
sheet 25 forms the backrest 22.
[0031] The armrests 23 are respectively formed of a fifth fabric
sheet 26. The fifth fabric sheets 26 are connected at their front
ends to the armrest supports 321 with their rear ends fitted on
around the back poles 35.
[0032] In summary, the present invention provides a chair with cold
protection hand pockets. The cold protection hand pockets are
connected to the front ends of the armrests, and respectively
enclose a receiving space having an inlet opening. When the chair
is used outdoors, the user may rest two arms on the armrests with
two hands extended through the inlet openings into the receiving
spaces of the cold protection hand pockets to achieve the purpose
of protecting hands against cold and wind.
[0033] The present invention has been described with a preferred
embodiment thereof and it is understood that many changes and
modifications in the described embodiment can be carried out
without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention
that is intended to be limited only by the appended claims.
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