Chair device for enhancing sexual intimacy

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6338344
  • Patent Number
    6,338,344
  • Date Filed
    Monday, February 28, 2000
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, January 15, 2002
    22 years ago
Abstract
A chair device for facilitating sexual intimacy between a person and his or her sexual partner has a base attached to a back support frame and four legs. The chair device closely resembles and functions as an ordinary chair when resting in an upright position on its legs. When the chair device is turned over to an inverted position, the chair device is supported by the back support frame and an arm supporting means. In this inverted position, the base provides a padded reclining surface for supporting a person in a position that facilitates sexual intimacy with a sexual partner.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




This invention relates generally to sexual aids, and more particularly to a chair device that appears to be an ordinary chair, but can be inverted for use to facilitate sexual relations.




2. Description of Related Art




Chair devices usefully for facilitating sexual relations are known in the art. However, such devices have typically been obtrusive contraptions that are obviously sexual in nature. Craft, U.S. Pat. No. 5,538,011, for example, discloses an outlandish folding chair with protruding stirrups. Other examples of such devices are shown in Boutos, U.S. Pat No. 5,704,894 and Mitchum, Jr., U.S. Pat. No. 5,389,062 and 5,453,080. Since most people do not want such contraptions in their home or office for fear of embarrassment, the prior art devices have not succeeded in fulfilling the market's need for an entertaining sexual device.




Ordinary chairs are also well known in the art. Blodee, U.S. Pat. No. 3,874,729 discloses lounge furniture that has a construction that is similar to the present invention. There are, however, critical differences between Blodee and the present invention. While Blodee teaches a fiber covering that covers much of the base of the chair, it does not disclose the use of foam padding on the underside of the base of the chair. This foam padding is essential for the use of the chair as a sexual facilitating device because the fiber covering alone does not provide a comfortable support surface suitable for sitting and reclining.




Blodee also fails to teach any of the key structural features that facilitate the use of the chair in sexual activities. Blodee does not teach a base frame having a depression on either side between the front and rear legs of the chair. Blodee does not teach building front and rear legs that are angled outward from perpendicular to the ground. Blodee also does not teach a back support having an upper back support foam padding to protect the back support when the chair device is in the inverted position. Finally, Blodee does not teach a back support having a pair of leg clearance indentations that facilitate proper use of the chair device, as described below. These various structural improvements are disclosed in detail in the following detailed disclosure.




The prior art teaches various pieces of well known furniture, and the prior art also teaches various sexual contraptions for facilitating sexual relations. However, the prior art does not teach a device that appears to be ordinary furniture, that functions as ordinary furniture, and that can be repositioned for use as a sexual facilitation device. The present invention fulfills these needs and provides further related advantages as described in the following summary.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The present invention teaches certain benefits in construction and use which give rise to the objectives described below.




The present invention provides a chair device for facilitating sexual intimacy between a person and his or her sexual partner. The chair device closely resembles an ordinary chair, having a base, a back support, and a base support means for supporting the chair device in an upright position. In the upright position, the chair device supports a person in a sitting position. When the chair device is turned over to an inverted position, the chair device is supported by the back support and an arm supporting means. In this inverted position, the base provides a reclining surface having a base foam padding for comfortably supporting a person in a position that facilitates sexual intimacy with a sexual partner.




A primary objective of the present invention is to provide a chair device having advantages not taught by the prior art.




Another objective is to provide a chair device that resembles and functions as an ordinary chair, thereby allowing it to be left in plain view without causing the owner embarrassment.




A further objective is to provide a chair device that can be inverted to position a reclining surface having a base foam padding for comfortably supporting a person in a position that facilitates sexual intimacy with a sexual partner.




Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following more detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of example, the principles of the invention.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING




The accompanying drawings illustrate the present invention. In such drawings:





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention in the upright position;





FIG. 2

is a perspective view thereof showing the chair device in an inverted position with a reclining surface of a base of the chair device facing upwards for use, the view further showing a man positioned for sexual intimacy;





FIG. 3

is a sectional view taken along line


3





3


in

FIG. 2

;





FIG. 4

is a sectional view taken along line


4





4


in

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 5

is a side elevational view thereof showing the chair being lifted into an arm support with the arm support functioning as a fulcrum to allow the chair device to rock back and forth for facilitating sexual relations;





FIG. 6

is a front elevational view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the view showing a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs that are angled outwards from perpendicular with the ground, the view further showing a pair of leg clearance indentations in the back support;





FIG. 7

is a side elevational view of a base frame of the base;





FIG. 8

is a bottom plan view thereof;





FIG. 9

is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention showing the chair device in the inverted position with a woman on the reclining surface positioned for sexual intimacy; and





FIG. 10

is a perspective view thereof with the woman in an upright position with her legs positioned between the base and a longitudinal cross support.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




The above described drawing figures illustrate the invention, a chair device


10


for facilitating sexual intimacy between a person


12


and a sexual partner


14


. The chair device


10


includes a base


20


, a back support


50


, and a means for supporting


40


the base


20


in an upright position (“base support means


40


”). When the chair device


10


is in the upright position, the base


20


and back support


50


cooperate to support a person


12


in a sitting position. When the chair device


10


is turned over to an inverted position, the chair device


10


is supported by the back support


50


and a means for providing an arm support


70


(“arm supporting means


70


”). In so this inverted position, the chair device


10


supports the sexual partner


14


in a position that facilitates sexual intimacy with the person


12


.




In a first embodiment, shown in

FIG. 1

, when the chair device


10


is in the upright position it appears and functions just like an ordinary chair. When the person


12


sits in the chair device


10


, he or she is supported in a seated position by a sitting surface


22


of the base


20


and the back support


50


. The base support means


40


supports the base


20


above the ground and the arm supporting means


70


provides an arm rest for the person


12


to rest his or her arms. In the preferred embodiment, the back support


50


is attached to the base


20


with the arm supporting means


70


.




As shown in

FIG. 2

, the chair device


10


can be turned over to the inverted position for facilitating sexual intimacy. As shown in

FIGS. 1-4

, the base


20


of the chair device


10


has a reclining surface


24


opposite the sitting surface


22


. Most of the base


20


, including both the sitting surface


22


and the reclining surface


24


, are covered with a base foam padding


32


, preferably a soft and resilient foam padding that is at least 1 inch thick. It is critical that the reclining surface


24


is covered with the base foam padding


32


to provide a surface that comfortably supports the sexual partner


14


. This feature is not shown in the prior art because it would not ordinarily make sense to cover the bottom of a chair with padding.




Base




As shown in

FIGS. 3

,


7


, and


8


, the base


20


includes a roughly square wooden base frame


26


having a wooden base board


28


mounted within the base frame


26


, preferably with dowels. A plurality of springs


30


spans the top of the base frame


26


, each spring


30


being attached to the base frame


26


with a pair of pins


31


. In its preferred embodiment, the base foam padding


32


is wrapped around the base frame


26


, the base board


28


, and the springs


30


. In its most preferred embodiment, the base foam padding


32


is preferably approximately 1 inch thick over the sitting surface


22


and approximately 2 inches thick over the reclining surface


24


. The base foam padding


32


is covered by a base upholstery


33


made of material suitable for furniture, preferably leather.




The base


20


preferably has a front base surface


34


and a back base surface


36


. The front and back base surfaces


34


and


36


extend between the sitting surface


22


and the reclining surface


24


and are preferably also covered by the base foam padding


32


. The front base surface


34


is preferably covered with the base foam padding


32


, the base foam padding


32


preferably being approximately 1 inch thick. The back base surface


36


is also preferably covered with the base foam padding


32


, the base foam padding


32


being approximately 2 inches thick. In its most preferred embodiment, the base frame


26


further includes an extending portion


38


that supports and extends the back base surface


36


to form a rounded edge to the base


20


. It is preferred that the back base surface


36


have the extending portion


38


and is covered by the base foam padding


32


because the back base surface


36


provides support for the sexual partner


14


in various sexual positions.




Front and Rear Legs




As described above and as shown in

FIG. 1

, the chair device


10


includes the base support means


40


for supporting the base


20


in an upright position in which the sitting surface


22


is facing up and generally horizontal. The base support means


40


preferably includes two front legs


42


and two rear legs


44


that extend generally downwards from the base frame


26


to support the chair device


10


above the ground. The front and rear legs


42


and


44


are preferably fastened to the base frame


26


with connect bolts


47


and tee nuts


46


. The front and rear legs


42


and


44


are preferably 16.5 inches long and spaced 21 inches apart. Since this aspect of the invention is similar to the prior art, those skilled in the art can devise many base support means


40


that fulfill the needs of this invention. The primary limitations imposed by the specific design of this invention are that there are preferably no cross supports positioned laterally between the front legs


42


or between the rear legs


44


.




In the preferred embodiment, as shown in

FIG. 6

, the two front legs


42


and two rear legs


44


are angled outward from perpendicular with the ground so that the longitudinal cross braces


48


are further apart from each other then they would be if the two front legs


42


and two rear legs


44


were perpendicular to the ground. In this embodiment, as shown in

FIGS. 6-10

, the base frame


26


has a depression


80


on each side between the front and rear legs


42


and


44


. Each longitudinal cross brace


48


and its respective depression


80


together defining a leg receiving area


82


that is sized and shaped to allow the sexual partner


14


, preferably a woman, to straddle the chair device


10


with her legs through the leg receiving area


82


, as shown in FIG.


10


and as further discussed below.




Longitudinal Cross Support




As shown in

FIGS. 2

,


9


, and


10


, each of the front legs


42


is preferably connected to one of the rear legs


44


with a longitudinal cross support


48


, thereby providing support and leverage for various sexual activities when the chair device


10


is in the inverted position. As shown in

FIG. 2

, the person


12


can use the longitudinal cross support


48


for support while engaging in sexual intimacy. While the person


12


holds the longitudinal cross support


48


, the person


12


can lever the chair device


10


off of the back support


50


so that it is pivotally supported by the arm support


70


, as shown in FIG.


5


. As shown in

FIG. 9

, the sexual partner


14


grasps the front legs


42


for leverage to manipulate her position on the chair device


10


while her head rests on the front base surface


34


supported by the extending portion


38


. As shown in

FIG. 10

, the longitudinal cross support


48


can be used for support and leverage when the sexual partner


14


is sitting astride the chair device


10


, as described below. The longitudinal cross support


48


also serves to provide the chair device


10


with additional structural support and strength.




Back Support




As shown in

FIG. 1

, the chair device


10


also includes a back support


50


for cooperating with the base


20


to support the person


12


in a sitting position when the chair device


10


is in its upright position. The back support


50


is preferably a rectangular back support frame


52


made of wood, the back support frame


52


preferably being arched backwards to provide a more comfortable back supporting contour. The back support frame


52


is preferably covered with a sheet of back support foam padding


54


, which is covered with a back support upholstery


56


. The back support upholstery


56


preferably matches the base upholstery


33


. In its preferred embodiment, the rear legs


44


extend upwardly past the base frame


26


to form a back frame supporting portion


60


. The back support frame


52


is attached to the back frame supporting portion


60


with a plurality of back support bolts


62


, thereby supporting the back support frame


52


in its proper position.




Arm Supports




As shown in

FIG. 1

, the chair device


10


further includes a means for supporting


70


the arms of the person


12


while the person


12


is sitting on the chair device


10


and the chair device


10


is in the upright position. As shown in

FIGS. 2 and 3

, when the chair device


10


in the inverted position the arm supporting means


70


cooperates with the back support


50


to support the chair device


10


above the ground. When the chair device


10


is in the inverted position, the reclining surface


24


is facing up, thereby providing a surface for the sexual partner


14


to recline while engaged in sexual intimacy with the person


12


. In its most preferred embodiment, the back support frame


52


has an upper back support surface


58


that contacts the ground when the chair device


10


is in the inverted position. The upper back support surface


58


is preferably covered by the back support foam padding


54


to protect the back support upholstery


56


when the chair device


10


is in the inverted position.




In the preferred embodiment, the arm supporting means


70


is a pair of arm supports. Each of the arm supports


70


are formed by an upwardly extending portion


72


of each of the front legs


42


, preferably extending between 9.5 and 13.5 inches above the base


20


. Each of the upwardly extending portions


72


is preferably connected to one of the back frame supporting portion


60


with an arm rest cross brace


74


similar to the longitudinal cross support


48


. Each of the upwardly extending portions


72


is preferably connected to the back frame supporting portion


60


adjacent the back support frame


52


. In this preferred embodiment, as shown in

FIGS. 1 and 3

, the upwardly extending portion


72


, the arm rest cross brace


74


, the back frame supporting portion


60


, the front and rear legs


42


and


44


, and the longitudinal cross support


48


are all one structure, each section being joined together to form a pair of roughly square frames attached to both the base


20


and the back support frame


52


, thereby providing support for the chair device


10


in both upright and inverted positions. The various sides of these frames are preferably separate sections of wood, all interconnected with joints known as mortise and tenons, a construction technique well known in the art. The visible wood is preferably oak or other visually pleasing wood, while the portions that are covered with upholstery can be constructed of less expensive wood such as poplar. All of the construction techniques and materials used, in both the frame, the padding, and the upholstery, are well known in the art and can be devised or altered by those skilled in the art without deviating from the inventive concept hereby described.




As shown in

FIG. 5

, the arm supporting means


70


preferably provides a fulcrum when supporting the chair device


10


in the inverted position. As a fulcrum, the arm supporting means


70


allows the person


12


to rock the chair device


10


backwards and forwards on the arm supporting means


70


, thereby changing the angle of the reclining surface


24


and the position of the sexual partner. To facilitate this rocking motion, the back support


50


preferably includes a pair of leg clearance indentations


64


. As shown in

FIG. 6

, each of the leg clearance indentations


64


is cut into each of the top corners of the back support frame


52


along the upper back support surface


58


. When the person


12


is standing behind the back support


50


and rocking the chair device


10


, the person


12


is able to tilt the chair device


10


without causing the back support


50


to bump into the legs of the person


12


. The extra clearance provided by the leg clearance indentations


64


is important to the proper use of the chair device


10


in certain sexually intimate positions.




The Method of Using the Chair Device




The invention includes the method of using the chair device


10


to facilitate sexual intimacy between the person


12


and the sexual partner


14


. The chair device


10


is initially placed in the upright position for use as an ordinary chair, as shown in FIG.


1


. In the upright position, the chair device


10


is not notably different than an ordinary chair.




In the preferred method, when the person


12


and his or her sexual partner


14


wish to utilize the chair device


10


for sexual activity, the person


12


simply flips the chair to its inverted position, so the chair is supported by the back support


50


and the arm supports


70


, as described above. In this position, the chair device


10


can be used to facilitate many forms of sexual intimacy.




As shown in

FIG. 9

, in one position the sexual partner


14


, preferably a woman, lies with her back upon the reclining surface


24


, the chair device


10


thereby positioning her for sexual intimacy. In this position, the woman


14


may lie with her head either supported by or hanging over the extending portion


38


supporting the back base surface


36


. The woman


14


may also reach up and grasp the longitudinal cross support


48


or the front legs


42


, thereby gaining leverage for sexual activity. The person


12


, preferably a man, is positioned as shown in

FIG. 2

, also grasping the longitudinal cross support


48


for support and leverage for sexual activity. In this position, the man


12


can rock the chair device


10


, as shown in

FIG. 5

, to thereby manipulate the position of the woman


14


during sexual intimacy.




As shown in

FIG. 10

, in an alternative position the woman


14


is positioned to straddle the man


12


(in this figure, the man is not shown) when he is lying on his back on the reclining surface


24


. The woman


14


is positioned to that her legs are within the leg receiving area


82


described above. In this position the woman


14


can support herself by standing on the ground and by leaning on the longitudinal cross braces


48


. It is important that the two front legs


42


and two rear legs


44


are angled outward from perpendicular with the ground so that the longitudinal cross braces


48


are further apart, thereby providing adequate room for the legs of the woman


14


. The depressions


80


on each side between the base frame


26


provide additional room for the legs of the woman


14


.




In another alternative position, not shown in the drawings, the woman


14


lies face down with her stomach on the reclining surface


24


with her legs against the back base surface


36


and the back of the back support


50


. The extending portion


38


provides a rounded and padded surface of the woman


14


to lie across with comfort. The woman


14


may grasp the front legs


44


of the chair device


10


for increased leverage and comfort. The chair device


10


supports the woman


14


for sexual intimacy with the man


12


positioned behind her, standing near the back support


50


and leaning on the longitudinal cross support


48


. The man


12


is then positioned to rock the chair device


10


, as shown in FIG.


5


. The back support


50


does not bump into the legs of the man


12


when the chair device


10


is being rocked because the leg clearance indentations


64


provide the required clearance.




While the invention has been described with reference to at least one preferred embodiment, it is to be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited thereto. Rather, the scope of the invention is to be interpreted only in conjunction with the appended claims.



Claims
  • 1. A chair device for facilitating sexual intimacy between a person and his or her sexual partner, the chair device comprising:a base having a sitting surface and an opposing reclining surface, the sitting surface and the reclining surface both being covered with a base foam padding, the base foam padding being at least one inch thick; a means for supporting the base in an upright position when the chair device is in an upright position and the sitting surface is facing up and generally horizontal; a back support for cooperating with the base to support the person in a sitting position when the chair device is in the upright position; and a means for supporting the arms of the person while the person is sitting on the chair device, the back support and the arm supporting means being positioned to support the chair device when the chair device is in an inverted position in which the reclining surface is facing up, thereby providing a surface for the sexual partner to recline while engaged in sexual intimacy with the person.
  • 2. The chair device of claim 1 wherein the base supporting means includes two front legs and two rear legs, each front leg being connected to its adjacent rear leg with a longitudinal cross-brace, the front and rear legs and the longitudinal cross braces together providing a railing on either side of the reclining surface, whereby the railings provides support and leverage for various sexual activities when the chair device is in the inverted position;wherein the base includes a base frame that connects the two front legs and the two rear legs, the base frame having a depression on each side between the front and rear legs; and wherein the two front legs and the two rear legs are angled outward from perpendicular with the ground, the longitudinal cross brace and the depression together defining a leg receiving area.
  • 3. The chair device of claim 2 wherein the back support is a back support frame attached to an upwardly extending portion of the rear legs, the back support frame having an upper back support surface that contacts the ground when the chair device is in the inverted position, the upper back support surface being covered with an upper back support foam padding.
  • 4. The chair device of claim 3 wherein the back support frame includes a pair of leg clearance indentations at both ends of the upper back support surface.
  • 5. The chair device of claim 1 further comprising a front base surface and a back base surface, the front and back base surfaces being covered by the base foam padding.
  • 6. The chair device of claim 5 wherein the back base surface includes an extending portion that extends beyond the two rear legs; and wherein the base foam padding is at least two inches thick over the extending portion.
  • 7. A method for using a chair device to facilitate sexual intimacy between a person and a sexual partner, the method comprising the steps of:a) providing a chair device comprising: a base having a sitting surface and an opposing reclining surface, the sitting surface and the reclining surface both being covered with a base foam padding; a means for supporting the base in an upright position when the chair device is in an upright position and the sitting surface is facing up and generally horizontal; a back support for cooperating with the base to support the person in a sitting position when the chair device is in the upright position; and a means for supporting the arms of the person while the person is sitting on the chair device, the back support and the arm supporting means being positioned to support the chair device when the chair device is in an inverted position in which the reclining surface is facing up, thereby providing a surface for the sexual partner to recline while engaged in sexual intimacy with the person, b) positioning the chair device in the inverted position with the reclining surface facing up and the base being supported by the arm support and the back support; c) positioning the sexual partner on the reclining surface; and d) positioning the person for sexual intimacy with the sexual partner.
  • 8. A method for using a chair device to facilitate sexual intimacy between a person and a sexual partner, the method comprising the steps of:a) providing a chair device comprising: a base having a sitting surface and an opposing reclining surface, the sitting surface and the reclining surface both being covered with a base foam padding; two front legs and two rear legs for supporting the base above the ground when the chair device is in an upright position in which the sitting surface is facing up and generally horizontal, each front leg being connected to its adjacent rear leg with a longitudinal cross-brace; the base including a base frame that connects the two front legs and the two rear legs, the base frame having a depression on each side between the front and rear legs; the two front legs and the two rear legs being angled outward from perpendicular with the ground; each of the longitudinal cross braces cooperating with one of the depressions to defining a leg receiving area; a back support that, with the base, is positioned to support the person in a sitting position when the chair device is in the upright position, the back support being positioned to cooperating with an arm support to support the chair device in an inverted position when the reclining surface is facing up; b) positioning the chair device in the inverted position with the reclining surface facing up and the base being supported by the arm support and the back support; c) positioning the sexual partner on the reclining surface; and d) positioning the person for sexual intimacy with the sexual partner, each of the legs of the person being positioned within one of the leg receiving areas.
Parent Case Info

This application for a utility patent is a continuation-in-part of a previously filed utility patent, now abandoned, having the application Ser. No. 09/240,916, filed Jan. 29, 1999.

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Number Name Date Kind
3874729 Blodee Apr 1975 A
5389062 Mitchum, Jr. Feb 1995 A
5453080 Mitchum, Jr. Sep 1995 A
5704894 Boutos Jan 1998 A