Electrically-wired rotatable chair

Abstract

A mobile, rotatable, electrically-wired chair having an upper section containing electrical components integrated therein for use by the chair's occupant, with electrical wires from these components internally affixed to the chair and connected by swivel connector to external communications or power lines. The swivel connector is rigidly affixed to the chair to maintain a constant connection between internal and external electrical wires while at the same time allowing stable positioning of the external wires relative to the chair. The rotational movement of the rotating portion of the chair is transferred to the internal, rigidly affixed wires, then absorbed by the swivel connector, thus allowing chair rotation without tangling, gnarling, and stretching of either the internal or external electrical wires.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A rotatable chair having a seat portion which contains electrical wires therein and is capable of being rotated in a horizontal plane about a base portion, said devise comprising: 
 (A) a lower base portion mounted on the floor, said lower base portion having an electrical swivel connector rigidly affixed therein;    (B) an upper rotatable seat portion mounted upon the lower base portion, said upper rotatable seat portion containing electrical wires rigidly affixed therein, said rigidly affixed wires being connected at one end to electrical equipment embodied within the upper rotatable seat portion and being connected at the other end to the electrical swivel connector affixed in the lower base portion.    
     
     
         2 . A portable chair containing electrical wires rigidly affixed therein, said rigidly affixed wires being connected at one end to electrical equipment embodied within the upper seat portion and being connected at the other end to an electrical connection in the lower base portion, said electrical connection capable of accommodating external power supplies or communications wires.  
     
     
         3 . A chair as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the upper seat portion contains a telephone permanently attached thereto.  
     
     
         4 . A chair as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the upper seat portion contains a lamp permanently attached thereto.  
     
     
         5 . A chair as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the upper seat portion contains a computer permanently attached thereto.  
     
     
         6 . A chair as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the upper seat portion contains an electrical outlet permanently attached thereto.  
     
     
         7 . A chair as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the upper seat portion contains a telephone jack permanently attached thereto.  
     
     
         8 . A chair as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the upper seat portion contains a telephone permanently attached thereto.  
     
     
         9 . A chair as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the upper seat portion contains a lamp permanently attached thereto.  
     
     
         10 . A chair as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the upper seat portion contains a computer permanently attached thereto.  
     
     
         11 . A chair as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the upper seat portion contains an electrical outlet permanently attached thereto.  
     
     
         12 . A chair as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the upper seat portion contains a telephone jack permanently attached thereto.  
     
     
         13 . Any item of furniture consisting of a lower portion containing electrical wires rigidly affixed therein and a rotatable portion, with one or both portions containing an electrical swivel connector, said electrical swivel connector being connected at one end to electrical equipment embodied within the furniture.