Portable footstool and lounge chair combination

Claim 1

A portable and foldable footstool and lounge chair which in its fully folded state comprises a combination of discreet cushions, said combination having an overall rectangular prismatic shape defined by front, bottom, rear, top and opposite side faces, said cushions including first and second cushions each of rectangular prismatic shape horizontally disposed in stacked face-to-face relation with the second cushion disposed above the first, the corresponding vertical faces of the two cushions defining respective portions of said overall front, opposite side and rear faces, the lower face of the first cushion forming said overall bottom face, and the immediately adjacent concurrent edges of the two cushions at said overall front face being hinged to each other effective to permit the second cushion to be pivoted thereabout to an unfolded position in which said front vertical faces thereof are disposed in abutting face-toface relation; spaced third and fourth cushions each of rectangular prismatic shape disposed upright from the second cushion along the respective ones of said overall side faces, the third and fourth cushions having top faces forming portions of said overall top face, a pair of rear faces forming additional portions of said overall rear face, a pair of outer side faces forming additional portions of said overall side faces, a pair of opposed inner faces in spaced relation to each other and a pair of front faces disposed rearwardly of said overall front face; fifth and sixth cushions together forming a rectangular prism disposed on the top of the second cushion between the third and fourth cushions and having top faces forming a further portion of said overall top face and side faces abutting respective ones of said opposed inner faces of the third and fourth cushions, the fifth and sixth cushions being separated in a plane normal to said overall side faces and through the bottom and top faces of the fifth and sixth cushions intermediate the front and rear faces thereof, said plane also inclining upwardly and rearwardly toward said overall rear face, the fifth cushion being secured to the top face of the second cushion and having a rear face forming the remainder of said overall rear face, the third and fourth cushions being attached to the fifth cushion at least at the two respective pairs of the immediately adjacent concurrent edges of the thirD and fourth cushions and the fifth cushion at said overall top face, the immediately adjacent concurrent edges of the fifth and sixth cushions at said overall top face being hinged to each other effective so that the sixth cushion can pivot thereabout to a position in which the top faces of the fifth and sixth cushions are in abutting face-to-face relation; and seventh and eighth cushions together forming a rectangular prism disposed on the top of the second cushion forward of the third and fourth cushions and having respective side faces forming the remainder of said overall side faces, the rear faces of the seventh and eighth cushions abutting the front faces of the third and fourth cushions, the seventh cushion having a front face forming the remainder of said overall front face and a top face forming a further portion of said overall top face, the seventh and eighth cushions being separated in a plane normal to said overall side faces, said plane also inclining upwardly and rearwardly from the lower edge of the front face of the seventh cushion and through the rear faces of the seventh and eighth cushions intermediate bottom and top faces thereof, whereby the seventh cushion is disposed above the eighth cushion, the seventh cushion being hinged to the second cushion along the immediately adjacent concurrent edges thereof at said overall front face effective so that the seventh cushion can be pivoted thereabout to a position in which the front face of the seventh cushion and the bottom face of the first cushion are in abutting face-to-face relation when the first cushion has been pivoted relative to the second cushion as aforesaid.