1. A portable chair comprising:
a seat;
a frame that supports the seat, wherein the frame comprises
first and second side supports each having a forward support and a rear support, wherein each of the forward and rear supports has an upper end and a lower end, wherein the seat is connected to the frame proximate the upper ends of the forward and rear supports; and
a lower frame that connects the forward supports to the rear supports near the lower ends of the forward and rear supports;
a ladder formed between the forward supports of the frame, wherein the ladder comprises one or more steps that provide access to the seat;
a hollow tank connected to the lower frame, wherein the hollow tank has an opening defined therein for receiving a mass; and
one or more ballast support members that detachably connect the tank to the lower frame, wherein the one or more ballast support members have adjustable lengths.
2. The chair of claim 1, wherein the hollow tank is adapted to receive a liquid mass and defines first and second openings, wherein the first opening is positioned proximate a top portion of the tank and receives the liquid mass to fill the tank, and wherein the second opening is proximate a bottom portion of the tank, and is used to drain the liquid mass from the tank.
3. The chair of claim 2, wherein the second opening is defined in a rear side of the tank and allows the liquid mass to drain when a top portion of the chair is tipped backward, toward the rear supports.
4. The chair of claim 2, wherein the second opening faces a side of the chair, and further comprising a wheel connected to the frame at the side of the chair.
5. The chair of claim 4, wherein the wheel allows rotational movement of the chair toward and away from the side, to thereby drain the liquid mass from the tank through the second opening.
6. The chair of claim 1, further comprising wheels connected to the frame proximate the lower ends of the rear supports.
7. The chair of claim 6, wherein the wheels are connected to the frame at a point such that the wheels are positioned above a ground surface when the chair is in an upright position and such that the wheels contact the ground surface when the top of the chair is pivoted backward relative to the ground surface.
8. The chair of claim 1, wherein the tank has a volume of 15\u201320 gallons.
9. The chair of claim 8, wherein the tank is formed from a plastic and has a height in the range of 6\u201312 inches and a base that is substantially square with sides having lengths in the range of 12\u201324 inches.
10. The chair of claim 1, further comprising a platform connected proximate the upper ends of the forward and rear supports, wherein the platform supports a seat, and wherein the ladder provides access to the platform.
11. A portable chair comprising:
a seat,
a frame that supports the seat, wherein the frame comprises
first and second side supports each having a forward support and a rear support, wherein each of the forward and rear supports has an upper end and a lower end, wherein the seat is connected to the frame proximate the upper ends of the forward and rear supports; and
a lower frame that connects the forward supports to the rear supports near the lower ends of the forward and rear supports;
a ladder formed between the forward supports of the frame, wherein the ladder comprises one or more steps that provide access to the seat;
a hollow tank connected to the lower frame, wherein the hollow tank has an opening defined therein for receiving a mass; and
one or more ballast support members, wherein the one or more ballast support members are elongated members having opposing ends, wherein the tank is connected to the ballast support members between the ends, and wherein the ballast support members connect to lower frame at points between the tank and the ends.
12. The chair of claim 11, wherein each of the ballast support members has a plurality of holes defined therein between the tank and the ends for connection to the frame.
13. The chair of claim 11, further comprising a platform connected proximate the upper ends of the forward and rear supports, wherein the platform supports a seat, and wherein the ladder provides access to the platform.
14. The chair of claim 11, wherein the one or more ballast support members have adjustable lengths.
15. A portable chair comprising:
a seat:
a frame that supports the seat, wherein the frame comprises
first and second side supports each having a forward support and a rear support, wherein each of the forward and rear supports has an upper end and a lower end, wherein the seat is connected to the frame proximate the upper ends of the forward and rear supports; and
a lower frame that connects the forward supports to the rear supports near the lower ends of the forward and rear supports;
a platform connected proximate the upper ends of the forward and rear supports, wherein the platform supports the seat;
a ladder formed between the forward supports of the frame, wherein the ladder provides access to the platform;
a hollow tank connected to the lower frame, wherein the hollow tank has an opening defined therein for receiving a mass.
16. The chair of claim 15, wherein the hollow tank is adapted to receive a liquid mass and defines first and second openings, wherein the first opening is positioned proximate a top portion of the tank and receives the liquid mass to fill the tank, and wherein the second opening is proximate a bottom portion of the tank, and is used to drain the liquid mass from the tank.
17. The chair of claim 16, wherein the second opening is defined in a rear side of the tank and allows the liquid mass to drain when a top portion of the chair is tipped backward, toward the rear supports.
18. The chair of claim 15, further comprising wheels connected to the frame proximate the lower ends of the rear supports.
19. The chair of claim 18, wherein the wheels are connected to the frame at a point such that the wheels are positioned above a ground surface when the chair is in an upright position and such that the wheels contact the ground surface when the top of the chair is pivoted backward relative to the ground surface.
20. A chair comprising:
a frame having first and second forward and rear supports; and
a ballast connected to a lower portion of the frame, wherein the ballast comprises
a tank that holds 15\u201325 gallons of a liquid, and
a rigid, elongated ballast support member that is positioned generally beneath the tank and is fixedly connected to a bottom portion of the tank and detachably connected to the lower portion of the frame.
21. The chair of claim 20, further comprising wheels connected proximate lower ends of the rear support members of the frame, such that the lower ends of the frame extend beyond the wheels and, when the chair is in an upright position on a ground surface, position the wheels above the ground surface such that the wheels do not cause the chair to move and, when a top portion of the chair is tilted backward toward the rear supports, cause the wheels to contact the ground surface to enable the chair to be moved using the wheels.
22. The chair of claim 21, wherein the tank comprises a drain spout positioned proximate a rear side of the tank that faces the rear supports, wherein the drain spout permits draining of the liquid from the tank when the chair is tilted backward toward the rear supports.
23. The chair of claim 19, further comprising a seat connected to the frame.
24. The chair of claim 20,
wherein the frame further comprises first and second lower frame members, and
wherein the ballast support member has first and second ends that connect, respectively, to the first and second lower frame members.
25. A chair comprising:
a frame comprising
first and second forward and rear supports, and
first and second lower frame members, wherein the first lower frame member connects the first forward support to the first rear support and wherein the second lower frame member connects the first forward support to the second rear support; and
a ballast connected to a lower portion of the frame, wherein the ballast comprises
a tank that holds a liquid, and
a ballast support member that is fixedly connected to a bottom portion of the tank and detachably connected to the lower portion of the frame, wherein the ballast support member has first and second ends, wherein the first end connects to the first lower support and the second end connects to the second lower support.
26. The chair of claim 25, wherein the first and second lower frame members are positioned substantially horizontal when the chair is in use on a ground surface, and wherein the first and second lower frame members are spaced from the ground surface by a distance in the range of 4 inches to 16 inches.
27. The chair of claim 26, wherein the first and second forward supports have lower ends that form L-shapes, extending outward from the frame of the chair.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system for installing data storage system software on disk drive systems, comprising;
a disk drive system connected to a storage processor, wherein the disk drive system comprises a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) system having a first disk drive and a second disk drive;
a nonvolatile memory module connected to the storage processor, wherein the nonvolatile memory module uses flash memory, wherein the nonvolatile memory module includes an initializer program and a bootable image; and
wherein the storage processor is configured to initialize at least one of the first and second disk drives as a bootable device upon installation on the storage processor, the storage processor comprising:
first logic booting the storage processor from the nonvolatile memory module, wherein booting from the nonvolatile memory module includes executing the initializer program;
second logic copying the bootable image stored in the nonvolatile memory module to the disk drive system by the initializer program; and
third logic rebooting the storage processor, wherein rebooting the storage processor includes booting up said copied bootable image directly from the disk drive system.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the disk drive system comprises a plurality of RAID systems.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the storage processor reboots after the bootable image is copied to the disk drive system, said reboot using the bootable image copied to the disk drive system from the nonvolatile memory module.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the disk drive system information instructs the storage processor to erase all data stored on the nonvolatile memory module.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the bootable image copied from the nonvolatile memory module is in a compressed format, and is decompressed in storage processor memory, wherein the decompressed bootable image is copied to the disk drive system.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the nonvolatile memory module is integrated onto the storage processor.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the nonvolatile memory module is connected to the storage processor via an external connector mounted to the storage processor.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the storage processor copies the bootable image to the disk storage system under the command of information stored in the nonvolatile memory module.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the bootable image copied to the disk drive system is copied to the nonvolatile memory module.
10. A system for installing data storage system software on disk drive system comprising:
a disk drive system connected to a plurality of storage processors, wherein the disk drive system comprises a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) system having a first disk drive and a second disk drive;
a nonvolatile memory module connected to one of the storage processors in the plurality of storage processors, wherein the nonvolatile memory module uses flash memory, wherein the nonvolatile memory module includes an initializer program and a bootable image; and
wherein the plurality of storage processors are configured to initialize at least one of the first and second disk drives as a bootable device upon installation on the storage processor, the plurality of storage processors comprising:
first logic booting the storage processor from the nonvolatile memory module, wherein booting from the nonvolatile memory module includes executing the initializer program;
second logic copying the bootable image stored in the nonvolatile memory module to the disk drive system by the initializer program; and
third logic rebooting the storage processor, wherein rebooting the storage processor includes booting up said copied bootable image directly from the disk drive system.
11. The system of claim 10 wherein each storage processor of the plurality of storage processors which does not have the connected nonvolatile memory module waits idle during said copying of bootable image by the storage processor connected to the disk drive system.
12. The system of claim 10 wherein a second nonvolatile memory module is connected to a second of the storage processors in the plurality of storage processors, wherein at least one of the storage processors connected to a nonvolatile memory module is enabled to copy the bootable image stored in the nonvolatile memory module to the disk drive system.
13. A method for installing data storage system software, the method comprising:
booting a storage processor from a nonvolatile memory module using flash memory, wherein the nonvolatile memory module includes an initializer program and a bootable image;
copying the bootable image stored in the nonvolatile memory module to a disk drive system by the initializer program thereby enabling a system processor to boot directly from the disk drive system upon installation on the storage processor, wherein the disk drive system comprises a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) system having a first disk drive and a second disk drive, wherein the storage processor boots up said bootable image on at least one of the first and second disk drives; and
rebooting the storage processor using the bootable image copied to the disk drive system.
14. The method in claim 13, wherein the storage processor is booted using the bootable image stored in the nonvolatile memory module.
15. The method in claim 13, further comprising:
determining whether the disk drive system contains the bootable image before booting using the nonvolatile memory;
booting the storage processor using the bootable image contained on the disk drive system if the disk drive system contains bootable image.
16. The method in claim 13, further comprising:
erasing the bootable image stored in the nonvolatile memory after the storage processor reboots using the bootable image copied to the disk drive system.
17. The method in claim 13, wherein the bootable image stored in a nonvolatile memory module is in a compressed format and wherein the step of copying bootable image stored in a nonvolatile memory module to a disk drive system enabling the system processor to boot directly from the disk drive system further comprises:
decompressing the bootable image written to storage processor memory; and copying the decompressed bootable image to the disk drive system.