Misting furniture

Abstract

A chair or chaise capable of emitting a misting spray over a user of the chair is disclosed. The hollow, tubular frame of the chair acts as a conduit for water, while a plurality of apertures along the frame emits a spray. A quick connect fitting facilitates easy connection to a standard garden hose, for portability. A flow diverter diverts water from the tubular frame to a flexible hose connected to a hand held spray head for selective spraying of the user. A seat cushion provides a comfortable, continuous seating surface over the frame. The chair may be pre-assembled or in a user assembled/disassembled kit form with error free construction assembly means incorporated into the system.

1 . A misting chair for delivering a cooling mist of water over an occupant of said chair comprising: 
 water conductive frame means for framing a chair to support a user in a seated or reclined position and conducting water through said chair,    connector means for connecting said water conductive frame means to a water source,    misting means for emitting water from said frame means in the form of a mist,    drainage means for draining water from said water conductive frame means, and    supporting means for providing a substantially continuous seating or reclining surface across said framing means.    
     
     
         2 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said water conductive frame means comprises a hollow, tubular structure, comprising: 
 at least four legs,    a perimetric seat frame with at least one intermediate seat support member, and    a back/arm rest assembly extending above the plane of said seat frame.    
     
     
         3 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 2 , wherein said connector means comprises a hose connector for attachment to a standard garden hose.  
     
     
         4 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 3 , wherein said connector means further comprises a quick connect hose connector.  
     
     
         5 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 4 , wherein said misting means comprises a plurality of apertures formed in at least a portion of said hollow, tubular structure.  
     
     
         6 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 5 , wherein said drainage means comprises a threaded plug proximate a lower end of at least one of said legs.  
     
     
         7 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 6 , wherein said supporting means comprises an inflatable seat cushion supported upon said water conductive frame means.  
     
     
         8 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 6 , wherein said supporting means comprises a webbing woven around said water conductive frame means.  
     
     
         9 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a hand-held spray delivery means, and    diverting means for diverting water from said water conductive framing means to a said hand-held spray delivery means.    
     
     
         10 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 9 , wherein: 
 said diverting means comprises a fluid flow diverter,    and said hand held spray delivery means comprises a    hose    connecting said flow diverter and a hand held spray head.    
     
     
         11 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 2 , wherein said seat frame is sized and configured to accommodate the upper leg and buttocks of a person seated in an upright position.  
     
     
         12 . A misting chair, as defined in  claim 2 , wherein said seat frame is sized and configured to accommodate the full leg length and buttocks of a person seated with legs extended on said seat.  
     
     
         13 . A misting chair for delivering a cooling mist of water over an occupant of said chair comprising: 
 a water conductive frame means for framing a chair to support a user in a seated or reclined position and conducting water through said chair, said frame further comprising:    a hollow, tubular structure comprising: 
 at least four legs,  
 a perimetric seat frame with at least one intermediate seat support member, and  
 a back/arm rest assembly extending above the plane of said seat frame;  
   a quick connect hose connector for attachment of said water conductive frame means to a water source,    a plurality of apertures formed in at least a portion of said hollow, tubular structure for emitting water from said frame means in the form of a mist,    a removable, threaded plug proximate a lower end of at least one of said legs for draining water from said water conductive frame means,    a hand held spray delivery system, said hand held delivery system comprising: 
 a fluid flow diverter for diverting water flow from said water conductive frame means,  
 a hand-held spray head for selectively directing a spray, and  
 a flexible hose, said flexible hose connected at a first end to said flow diverter and at a second end to said hand-held spray head, and  
   supporting means for providing a substantially continuous seating or reclining surface across said frame means, said supporting means comprising one of the group consisting of a removable seat cushion supported on said frame means and webbing woven around said frame means.    
     
     
         14 . A kit for a user assembled misting chair for delivering a cooling mist of water over an occupant of said chair comprising: 
 a water conductive frame for supporting a user in a seated position and conducting water through said chair, said frame further comprising:    a hollow, tubular structure comprising: 
 at least four legs,  
 a perimetric seat frame with at least one intermediate seat support member, and  
 a back/arm rest assembly extending above the plane of said seat frame;  
   a quick connect hose connector for attachment of said water conductive frame to a standard garden hose,    a plurality of apertures formed in at least a portion of said hollow, tubular structure for emitting water from said framing means in the form of a mist,    a removable, threaded plug proximate a lower end of at least one of said legs for draining water from said water conductive frame, and    a removable, inflatable cushion for providing a continuous seating surface across said framing means;    said kit consisting of standard plumbing elements comprising: 
 a plurality of polyvinylchloride (PVC) straight pipe sections,  
 at least one PVC straight connector, said straight connector having a female slip fitting at a first end and female threaded fitting at a second end,  
 a plurality of PVC “T” connectors, said “T” connectors having slip fittings at each fitting,  
 at least one PVC “T” connector, said “T” connectors having slip fittings at each end and a female threaded fitting at the “T” fitting,  
 at least one threaded PVC plug,  
 a plurality of PVC cross connectors, said cross connectors having female slip fittings at each fitting,  
 a plurality of PVC  900  elbow connectors, said 90° elbow connectors having female slip fittings at each fitting,  
 at least one pipe nipple, said pipe nipple having male threads at each end,  
 at least one PVC male adaptor, said male adaptor having a female threaded fitting at a first and a male threaded fitting at a second end,  
 at least one quick hose connector,  
 a roll of Teflon® plumbing tape,  
 a can of PVC solvent,  
 a can of PVC glue, and  
 an inflatable seat cushion.  
   
     
     
         15 . A kit for a user assembled misting chair, as defined in  claim 14 , wherein said chair further comprises a hand held spray delivery system, said hand held delivery system further comprising: 
 a fluid flow diverter for diverting water flow from said water conductive frame to    a flexible hose, said flexible hose connected at a first end to said flow diverter and at a second end to    a hand held spray head for selectively directing a spray, and    said kit further comprises:    at least one diverter valve,    at least on length of flexible hose,    at least one spray head.    
     
     
         16 . A kit for a user assembled misting chair, as defined in  claim 15 , wherein said plumbing elements include coupling coding means for indicating proper mating of said plumbing elements.  
     
     
         17 . A kit for a user assembled misting chair, as defined in  claim 16 , wherein said coupling coding means comprises color coding indicators formed on the connector ends of each plumbing element.  
     
     
         18 . A kit for a user assembled misting chair, as defined in  claim 16 , wherein said coupling coding means comprises alpha/numeric coding indicators formed on the connector ends of each plumbing element.  
     
     
         19 . A kit for a user assembled misting chair, as defined in  claim 16 , wherein said coupling coding means comprises tactile coding indicators formed on the connector ends of each plumbing element.  
     
     
         20 . A kit for a user assembled misting chair, as defined in  claim 16 , wherein said coupling coding means comprises a male key formed in a first of mating plumbing elements and a female keyway formed in a second of mating plumbing elements.