Outdoor recliner with pillow carrier

Abstract

A reclining chair has a frame capable of folding from an deployed condition to a collapsed condition transportable in a carrier bag. The carrier bag is compressible so that when compressed the carrier bag can be stored in a receptacle of the reclining chair to provide a cushioned headrest to the reclining chair.

Description

BACKGROUNDTechnical Field[0001]The invention relates to folding furniture. Particular embodiments of the invention relate to folding chairs.Discussion of Art[0002]Beach and lawn chairs adapted to be folded for transportation and / or storage typically have a frame fabricated from elongated structural members, preferably metal. The frames of such chairs have transversely spaced apart left hand and right hand frame side assemblies that are substantially parallel to each other. In a set-up condition, each side frame assembly has a front leg member extending in a generally vertically upward direction and a rear leg member pivotally connected at its upper end directly or indirectly to an upper end of the front leg member and which is rearwardly and downwardly inclined from the upper end of the front leg member. Such side frame assemblies also include an upwardly extending chair back support member which is pivotally connected at its lower end to the rear leg member intermediate the ends of...

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Benefits of technology

This patent text describes a folding chair with a headrest and a carrier bag that doesn't get lost during use. The chair is designed to be easily folded and unfolded. The technical effect is to provide a comfortable and convenient folding chair with good support and protection for the user's head and arms.

Problems solved by technology

However, even though such chairs are foldable for easy transport, they typically still cover a wide area and thus take up a lot of space when folded, which makes packing or storing the chairs difficult, especially when they must be crammed into a space such as the trunk of a car with a number of other objects such as a cooler, blankets and bags.

When packing the folded chair into a car, the folded chair must be laid flat, thereby occupying a wide footprint in the car.

However, these chair designs are typically not suitable for certain outdoor uses, such as at the beach or at a picnic, where a reclinable backrest is desired.

Heretofore, multi-directional foldable chairs have not been capable of reclining due to the complexity of the means of connecting the various frame members constituting the chair frame.

However, while such a chair is in its deployed condition for use, there is a problem what to do with the carrier bag.

Occasionally the carrier bag is lost during use of the chair, for example due to wind, uncontrolled pets, or other causes.

Also there is a problem with comfort in unifoldable chairs, which for ease of quick folding to a bundle have conventionally lacked headrests.

Although a headrest would be convenient during use of a chair, a headrest is not convenient while a chair is folded for storage in a carrier bag; instead, a headrest thwarts efforts to collapse a chair into a minimal bundle.

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