Swampbug wrote:
After watching the movie "National Treasure" umpteen million times in an
effort to glean a clear view of the chair young Ben Gates flips over to
become a quite substantial step-stool at the beginning of the movie, and
googling till blue in the face, I decided to seek help. . .so here I am!

I've heard it was invented by Ben Franklin (a nice addition to the
movie), so adding that to your googling might help. Also search the
archives of this group.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.w...7f6f7f1b7646f3
http://www.scrollsaw.com/u798.htm
Good luck,
Andy