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Convertible stoolConvertible stool description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080093896, Convertible stool. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATION [0001]This application claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/041,140, filed on Jan. 21, 2005, and which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/629,123, filed Nov. 17, 2004, the contents of which are incorporated herein in their entirety. BACKGROUND [0002]1. Field [0003]This disclosure relates to a stool which has multiple purposes. [0004]2. General Background [0005]It is desirable to have stools that can perform different functions and purposes and as such can have different characteristics and uses. SUMMARY [0006]This disclosure relates to a stool that serves a utility function and in this sense has a seat which can move upwardly and downwardly as required by a user. The user can operate a pneumatic mechanism to make the seat settle at a desired height so that utility functions can be performed. The seat is preferably mounted on a single pneumatic post and there are legs splayed out from the post and casters at the end of the legs, which act as movable feet for this stool. The stool acts as a utility stool with maneuverability as required by a user. [0007]In a different sense, the casters are replaceable and stationary feet are put in location on the legs. This permits the stool to constitute furniture-like function that is stationary on its base. The stool can be raised or lowered as necessary on the central spindle or pillar. [0008]Other objects and features of the disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. DRAWINGS [0009]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a stool showing the extended position of the seat relative to the legs of the chair in a first format. [0010]FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a stool showing the extended position of the seat relative to the legs of the chair in a second format. [0011]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the stool in a lowered format as a utility stool. [0012]FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the stool in a lowered format as a furniture item. [0013]FIG. 5 is an underside view of a leg showing the extremity of the leg for locating either a caster or a foot. [0014]FIG. 6 is a view of kits of casters with a spindle and fixed feet with a spindle. The wedging tool to facilitate removal is also shown. DESCRIPTION [0015]FIG. 1 shows a stool with a seat 10 extended above a spindle 11. The spindle 11 includes at least two components, a rod 12 which moves pneumatically inside a cylinder 13. A circular removable footrest 14 is arranged around the cylinder 13. Splayed outwardly from the pillar 11 are legs 15, 16, 17 and 18. A further leg is also part of the structure such that there are five legs for the stool. The legs are equidistant from a radial sense. At the end of each of the legs as shown in FIG. 1, there is a caster 19, 20, 21 and 22, respectively. This permits the stool in FIG. 1 to be rolled fairly easily on a surface on which a utility worker such as a garage worker would be working. [0016]As shown in FIG. 3, the rod 12 is compressed inside the cylinder 13. In this manner, the utility chair can be used around the surface, but the seat 10 is relatively lower. In this position the footrest is removed. [0017]As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 there is the configuration where the stool is a fixed furniture item, namely where the feet are fixed elements. In place of the casters 19-22 and the fifth caster, there are fitted 5 feet. [0018]In FIGS. 1 to 4 the seat as shown resembles a saddle similar to a motorcycle seat. The pneumatic adjustment of the rod and cylinder permits the seat to move between about 21 inches and 31 inches. The footrest in FIGS. 1 and 2 can be formed of a heavy-duty chrome material. In FIG. 3 and 4 there is no footrest in that configuration. Thus, the footrest is removable, as required. When in a more compressed state, it may be unnecessary for a footrest. In the elongated state of FIG. 1 and 2, the footrest becomes more necessary. It is possible in both the configurations of FIGS. 1 to 4 as shown to have the seat rotate or swivel 3600 around the pillar 11. [0019]In FIG. 5, the underside 23 of a foot 15 can be seen. There is a central located axial hole 24 for engaging the spindle 25 of either the casters 19, 20, 21 and 22 and the fifth caster or of stationary feet 26, 27, 28, 29 or 30 as shown in FIG. 1-4. FIG. 6 shows the kits of casters and fixed feet which would interface with the different legs for the stool. A wedging-type tool can be used to pry the casters 19, 20, 21 or 22 from the legs and replace them with the feet, or vice versa. The spindle 25 for the casters and for the stationary or fixed feet is sized to be the same so that it can easily fit in the hole at the underside of each of eh extremities of the forward portions of the legs. Continue reading about Convertible stool... Full patent description for Convertible stool Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Convertible stool patent application. Patent Applications in related categories: 20090289478 - Convertible, multi-purpose children's chair - A convertible, multi-purpose children's chair comprising a chair, further comprising a seat and a seat back; front legs inter-related with said seat, wherein said front legs comprise an articulable front leg portion and an unarticulable front leg portion, further wherein said articulable front leg portion and said unarticulable front leg ... ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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