Patent ID: 7828377
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. Collapsible article of furniture comprising: at least one collapsible support assembly having a pair of longitudinally elongated support members, said support members having a plurality of longitudinally extendable and retractable sections movable between extended and retracted positions relative to each other, means for enabling angular movement of said support members about an unintruding common axis in one and in an opposite angular direction relative to each other between closed and open positions, said support members in said closed position being longitudinally parallel to each other, said support members in said open position crossing each other at said unintruding common axis and presenting an X-shaped configuration, said extendable and retractable sections being freely movable through and transversely of said unintruding common axis in moving between said extended and retracted positions, and wherein said sections of each of said support members includes an upper section, said support assembly includes means for retaining said upper section of each of said support members in said extended position when said support members are in said open position, and said support assembly includes means for releasing said means for retaining said upper section of each of said support members when said support members move into said closed position.