Claims
- 1. A portable stool, comprising:
- a seat means for supporting a person in a crouching or sitting position when the seat means is positioned at the person's crotch with the person's buttocks resting on the seat means;
- only a single telescoping support leg means for supporting the seat means; the support leg means including means at an upper end of the support leg means securing the support leg means to the seat means; the support leg means having a variable length; the support leg means having means for adjusting the length of the support leg means to a selected length, under a normal weighted condition when the person is crouching or seated at rest on the seat means, to thereby adjust the seat means to a selected height above the ground desired by the person; and the support leg means having a lower end free of attachment to the person's lower extremities; the support leg means having first and second telescoping sections and a spring means, which is only partially compressed under the normal weighted condition, for maintaining the seat means at the selected height under the normal weighted condition, for urging the second section axially away from the first section to elongate the support lea means from the selected length when there is less than the normal weighted condition caused by upward movement of the person, and for allowing the second section to move axially into the first section to shorten the support leg means from the selected length when there is more than the normally weighted condition caused by downward movement of the person so that the portable stool remains properly positioned beneath the person during such upward movements and cushions the person during such downward movements.
- 2. The portable work stool according to claim 1, wherein:
- the first and second telescoping sections have a range of axial movement relative to each other that is from about three to about nine inches.
- 3. The portable work stool according to claim 1, wherein:
- the first and second telescoping sections have a range of axial movement relative to each other that is from about four to about seven inches.
- 4. The portable stool according to claim 1, wherein:
- the first and second telescoping sections of the support leg means are located in a lower portion of the support leg means.
- 5. The portable stool according to claim 1, wherein:
- the first and second telescoping sections of the support leg means are located in an upper portion of the support leg means.
- 6. The portable stool according to claim 5, including:
- side stabilizer means secured to the support leg means for limiting sideward tilting movement of the portable work stool.
- 7. The portable stool according to claim 1, including strap means for carrying the portable stool when the portable stool is not in use.
- 8. The portable stool according to claim 7, wherein: the strap means for carrying the portable stool is a shoulder strap means secured to the seat means.
- 9. The portable stool according to claim 7, wherein: the strap means for carrying the portable stool is a shoulder strap means secured to the support leg means.
- 10. The portable stool according to claim 1, including: side stabilizer means secured to the support leg means for limiting sideward tilting movement of the portable work stool.
- 11. The portable stool according to claim 10, wherein: the side stabilizer means includes two stabilizer arms secured to and projecting outwardly and downwardly from opposite sides of the support leg means; the two stabilizer arms having lower ends for contacting the ground when there is sideward tilting movement of the portable stool; and means for vertically adjusting and positioning the lower ends of the two stabilizer arms relative to the support leg means.
Parent Case Info
This patent application is a continuation-in-part application of patent application Ser. No. 09/130,016; filed Aug. 6, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,927,797.
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