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Adaptable seat caddy

Active Publication Date: 2015-11-12
NUGENT PATRICK
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The patent describes a seat caddy that can be attached to the seat of a spectator in front of you or to your own seat. It has three pockets for a score pad or the like, two additional pockets for small objects like a writing implement, and a pocket for holding a key ring or the like. The caddy is thin and positioned off the ground, out of the way of others. The most important benefit is that it makes it easy for the user to store and access any items they may need during the game, while keeping them organized and secure.

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Even when there is space underneath of a stadium seat to place personal belongings of the type that a fan normally brings to a sporting event, the area underneath a seat is often dirty, sticky, wet, or prone to being stepped or spilled upon such that scorecards or delicate souvenirs stored there are at risk of being soiled and ruined.
Further, personal items stored under the seat are not quickly and easily accessible when a run is scored or personal article needed.
Prior art devices for holding small personal items are not well suited for use at sporting events or with bleacher-style chairs as described above.
However, if the typical seats at a stadium event have any armrests at all, they are shared armrests with no lateral space between the armrest and the seat bed or between the armrest and the neighboring chair, such that use of the device described in the '613 patent would infringe on the personal space of the user's neighbor.
In addition, any available armrests at most stadium events are narrow and often without the length to support a device of sufficient size to hold a useful number of personal items.
This device is designed to hold personal items in a horizontal orientation, which is not generally conducive to organizing smaller personal items that might fall out of the device's one large pocket when the bag is turned on its side, and is capable of use only with a specific type of stadium seating due to the length of the straps and the fit of the bag and cushion on the surface area of the seat base.
Moreover, the contents of the bag are not visible to the user in his seated position, and therefore are not quickly accessible as the user will be required to fish around underneath his seat in order to grasp any of them.

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[0019]With general reference to FIGS. 1 through 5 and specific reference to FIGS. 1 and 3, an adaptable seat caddy 1 according to the present invention comprises a flexible fabric body 10 and seat connecting strap 20 extending from the body. The body 10 and strap 20 are preferably constructed in a unitary fashion from a base layer 11 which underlies both the body 10 and the seat connecting strap 20 as will be described herein. As a whole, the body 10 has a generally rectangular shape with a width W of less than the width of a standard stadium seat but large enough to accommodate at least one and preferably three or more pockets, arranged width-wise, each having sufficient size to hold a notepad or other small object therein. Thus, body 10 is preferably between ten and twenty-four inches wide, and is more preferably between twelve and sixteen inches wide. The body 10 further has a height H of no greater than the height of a seat back of a standard stadium seat, but no less than the s...

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Abstract

A seat caddy for secure organization of personal items at a stadium event and having variable attachment means to permit it to be releasably attached to either the seat back or seat bottom of a standard stadium seat and a method for using same. In a first configurations the seat caddy is releasably attached to the seat back of the seat in front of the user using a strap that wraps around one or more of the horizontal slats of the stadium seat back. In a second configuration, the seat caddy is provided with a hook that hooks the caddy to the back edge of and across the top of the seat base of a stadium seat such that the caddy is disposed in a vertical position at the front edge of the seat base. The caddy contains pockets for holding personal items and that are held in a vertical position according to both methods for attaching the seat caddy to a stadium seat. The caddy is further designed to be waterproof and removable so that a spectator may keep his personal items organized across multiple stadium events.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates generally to devices for organizing, transporting and storing personal items, and more specifically, to devices for holding personal items at stadium events.[0003]2. Description of the Background[0004]Attending sporting events such as football and baseball is a common recreational activity or hobby for a large number of Americans. For many people, playing in or attending sports games has been a lifelong interest. During sporting events, many enthusiasts enjoy scorekeeping, collecting autographs, or collecting game-day booklets or other types of memorabilia to remember that particular game by or to collect statistics or souvenirs relating to a favorite player or team. Baseball games, for example, generate a wealth of statistics in addition to the number of runs scored in a given game, like RBIs, ERA, errors, saves, batting average, etc. Thus, for many years, many baseball enthusiasts make a ...

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IPC IPC(8): A47C7/62
CPCA47C7/62A47C7/622
Inventor NUGENT, PATRICK
Owner NUGENT PATRICK
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