Patent attributes
A beach chair including a seat having rigid, yet collapsible, frame. The frame carries a flexible platform for supporting the buttocks of a person seated upon the seat and a flexible backrest with shoulder straps secured thereto for supporting the back of a person seated upon the seat and permitting the chair to be easily transported when not employed for seating purposes. The frame has a U-shaped forward support member with a pair of forward legs being connected together by a forward crosspiece for maintaining the front of the platform at a fixed height above the ground. The frame also has a U-shaped rearward support member with a pair of rearward legs being connected together by a rearward crosspiece for maintaining the rear of the platform at a fixed height above the ground. A swivel apparatus is attached to the seat and is provided with a load-distributing platform for positioning upon the ground. A saddle is pivotally secured atop the platform for supporting the seat above the ground. A pair of mounting clips is secured to the front of the saddle for firmly, yet releasably, grasping the forward crosspiece of the seat. A mounting bracket is secured to the rear of the saddle for holding the rearward crosspiece.