Patent Application
20250134257
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The disclosure relates to rotating chairs and more particularly pertains to a new rotating chair for assisting a person in adjusting a position of a user relative to the sun as the sun moves across the sky.
The prior art relates to rotating chairs. Some rotating chairs are designed for use in office settings, so that a user can easily pivot around a workspace while remaining seated. Other rotating chairs are designed for use in a home setting, such as a living room. Some rotating chairs have also been designed for outdoor use, for example as patio furniture. Chaise lounge chairs have also been designed for outdoor use. Such chairs are often used for sunbathing or tanning because the user can lay comfortably on the chair while exposing their skin to the sun's rays. However, because the sun moves through the sky throughout the day, the lounge chairs also need to move throughout the day so that the user can maintain exposure to the sun's rays. If the user does not reposition the lounge chair, the user can receive an uneven tan. Thus, there is a need in the art for a rotating chaise lounge assembly that can be electrically rotated thereby facilitating the user in maintaining exposure to the sun's rays throughout the day.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a lounge chair having a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a front edge, and rear edge. A base assembly is attached to and extends downwardly from the bottom side. The base assembly is positionable on a ground surface to support the lounge chair above the ground surface. The base assembly includes an upper mount that is attached to the bottom side. A lower mount is rotatably engaged to the upper mount. A drive assembly is mechanically engaged with the upper mount to selectively rotate the upper mount and the lounge chair relative to the lower mount. A power source is electronically coupled to the drive assembly.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter, and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A base assembly 36 is attached to and extends downwardly from the bottom side 16. The base assembly 36 is positionable on a ground surface 38 to support the lounge chair 12 above the ground surface 38. The base assembly 36 generally includes an upper mount 40 that is attached to the bottom side 16, a lower mount 42 that is rotatably engaged to the upper mount 40, and a drive assembly 44 that is mechanically engaged with the upper mount 40 to selectively rotate the upper mount 40 and the lounge chair 12 relative to the lower mount 42. A support element 58 may be coupled to and extend downwardly from the lower mount 42. Though this may be achieved any conventional manner, in an example of one base assembly 36, as shown in
Embodiments of the drive assembly 44 include an electric motor 46 including a drive shaft 48 in communication with the upper mount 40. A central processing unit 50 is electronically coupled to the electric motor 46. A receiver 52 for receiving wireless signals is electrically coupled to the central processing unit 50.
A power source 60 is electronically coupled to the drive assembly 44. In some embodiments, the power source 60 may be coupled to both the electric motor 46 and the central processing unit 50, as shown in
A remote 68 may be in wireless communication with the receiver 52 to actuate the electric motor 46. For example, the electric motor 46 may be actuated to rotate the drive shaft 48 in a first direction, such as clockwise, a second direction, such as counterclockwise, or a stationary, or stopped, condition. The lounge chair 12 can accordingly rotate in the first or second direction and can be stopped at a particular orientation when the electric motor 46 is in the stationary condition. As shown in
A misting device 70 for cooling a user may be coupled to the lounge chair 12. The misting device 70 may be positioned on the first section 26, as shown in
A pillow 82 may be coupled to the lounge chair 12 adjacent to the front edge 22. A fan 84 may be coupled to the lounge chair 12 and may be directable toward the top side 14. A wireless speaker assembly 86 that is configured to wirelessly communicate with an external electronic device 88 may also be coupled to the lounge chair 12. A power outlet 90 may be mounted on the lounge chair 12 and would typically be coupled to the power source 60. For example, the power outlet 90 may include one or more USB power outlets. A cup holder 94 may also be coupled to the lounge chair 12, for example being positioned on the second section 28 within comfortable reach of the user 94.
Each of the pump 76, fan 84, and wireless speaker assembly 86 may be directly electronically coupled to the power source 60, as shown in
In use, the user 94 can sit comfortably on the lounge chair 12, for example resting their head on the pillow 82 coupled to the front edge 22. The user 94 can use the remote 68 to rotate the lounge chair 12 to their preferred position relative to the sun 96. While sunbathing, the user 94 can cool themselves with the misting device 70 or the fan 84. The user 94 can enjoy a beverage, using the cup holder 92 to conveniently hold the drink glass. The user 94 can also use the wireless speaker assembly 86 to listen to music, podcasts, or other audio files while relaxing in the sunshine. If the external electronic device 88 of the user 94 needs to be charged, the user 94 can plug the external electronic device 88 into the power outlet 90. As the sun 96 moves throughout the sky during the day, the user 94 can rotate the lounge chair 12 to avoid getting caught in the shade or receiving an uneven tan.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
