PORTABLE PRAYER KNEELER

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

The disclosure relates to religious devices and accessories and more particularly pertains to a new portable prayer kneeler that is collapsible and expandable to permit a user to easily transport the prayer kneeler from one location to another and store the prayer kneeler when not in use.

(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98

The prior art relates to religious devices and accessories. The prior art, as best understood, does not disclose portable prayer kneeler that is collapsible and expandable via telescoping leg and base portions.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above in a portable prayer kneeler generally comprising a knee rest portion and an arm rest portion. The knee rest portion includes a pair of base leg structures, each being adjustable in length and having a first end and a second end, and a knee pad panel attached to the second ends of the base leg structures. The arm rest portion includes a pair of support leg structures, each being adjustable in length and having a first end and a second end, and an elbow pad panel attached to the second ends of the support leg structures. The first ends of the support leg structures are attached one each to the first ends of the base leg structures.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable prayer kneeler according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a close-up view of a portion of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure in use.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure in use.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 7 thereof, a new portable prayer kneeler embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 7, the portable prayer kneeler 10 generally comprises a knee rest portion 12 and an arm rest portion 14. The knee rest portion 12 includes a pair of base leg structures 16, each being adjustable in length and having a first end 18 and a second end 20, and a knee pad panel 22 attached to the second ends 20 of the base leg structures 16. The arm rest portion 14 includes a pair of support leg structures 24, each being adjustable in length and having a first end 26 and a second end 28, and an elbow pad panel 30 attached to the second ends 20 of the support leg structures 24. The first ends 26 of the support leg structures 24 are attached one each to the first ends 18 of the base leg structures 16.

The knee pad panel 22 includes a knee cushion 32 and a crosspiece 34. The knee cushion 32 is attached to one side of the crosspiece 34 and the second ends 20 of the base leg structures 16 are attached to an opposite side. The elbow pad panel 30 includes an elbow cushion 36 and a crosspiece 38. The elbow cushion 36 is attached to one side of the crosspiece 38 and the second ends 28 of the support leg structures 24 are attached to an opposite side.

In the exemplary embodiment, each of the base leg structures 16 includes base leg telescoping sections 40. Similarly, each of the support leg structures 24 includes support leg telescoping sections 42. The telescoping design allows a user to selectively increase and decrease the length of the base leg structures 16 and the support leg structures 24. Each of the base leg structures 16 includes base leg locking arrangements 44 designed to releasably lock the base leg telescoping sections 40 in an extended position. Similarly, each of the support leg structures 24 includes support leg locking arrangements 46 designed to releasably lock the support leg telescoping sections 42 in an extended position. The locking arrangements 44, 46 could be spring-loaded buttons 48 that interact with openings 50, though other locking arrangements, such as tabs or snap fit connections could be used. FIG. 1 shows the base leg structures 16 and the support leg structures 24 fully extended, FIG. 6 shows them partially extended or partially collapsed, and FIG. 7 shows them fully collapsed.

The base leg telescoping sections 40 of each of the base leg structures 16 include a first storage section 52 positioned at the second end 20. The first storage section 52 is designed to temporarily contain all other of the base leg telescoping sections 40 when the base leg structures 16 are in the fully collapsed position, such as shown in FIG. 7. Similarly, the support leg telescoping sections 42 of each of the support leg structures 24 comprise a second storage section 54 positioned at the first end 26. The second storage section 54 is designed to temporarily contain all other of the support leg telescoping sections 42 when the support leg structures 24 are in the fully collapsed position.

As best seen in FIG. 2, the second storage section 54 has a height greater than a height of the first storage section 52. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, when both the support leg structures 24 and the base leg structures 16 are in the fully collapsed position, the knee pad panel 22 is positioned between the support leg structures 24 and adjacent the knee pad panel 22.

Each of the first storage section 52 and the second storage section 54 includes rubber feet 56. To provide additional strength, the arm rest portion 14 further includes a reinforcement piece 58 positioned transversely and attached to the second storage sections 54.

In use, a user can place the both the support leg structures 24 and the base leg structures 16 in the fully collapsed position so that the portable prayer kneeler 10 is very compact and easily transported from one location to another. When the user wishes to use the portable prayer kneeler 10, the user extends both the support leg structures 24 and the base leg structures 16 to a partially or fully extended position as desired, such as shown in FIG. 1.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.