Chairs and seats – Rest for knee – leg – or foot
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-27
2009-12-08
McPartlin, Sarah B (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Rest for knee, leg, or foot
C297S284900, C297S312000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07628455
ABSTRACT:
A seating device for allowing a user to sit in either a cross-legged yoga position or in a conventional manner, the seating device including leg supports which can be adjusted into a variety of positions to supporting a user's legs when sitting cross-legged in a variety of places to accommodate the user's comfort level. The seat may also have an attached back support. In another embodiment the apparatus includes a seat having a surface area wide enough to allow a user to sit on the seat in a cross-legged position and having a contoured front to allow a user's legs to hang comfortably over the front of seat while the user sits in a conventional manner.
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Blakely , Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
McPartlin Sarah B
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