Patent ID: 6761397
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A foldable chair comprising:a seat unit having a base frame which includes left and right seat rods that extend in a longitudinal direction and that have bottom ends, respectively; a backrest frame pivoted to said seat unit; left and right armrests respectively disposed above and aligned with said left and right seat rods of said base frame; and front and rear armrest-supporting members that are spaced apart from each other in said longitudinal direction and that are pivoted to said left and right seat rods of said base frame so as to be rotatable relative to said base frame about an axis, each of said front and rear armrest-supporting members including left and right poles that sandwich said left and right seat rods of said base frame therebetween, and a stopper, each of said left and right poles being pivoted to a respective one of said left and right seat rods and a respective one of said left and right armrests, and having a lower end that is disposed below said base frame, said stopper being disposed below said base frame, extending laterally and transversely relative to said left and right seat rods of said base frame, and interconnecting said lower ends of said left and right poles, each of said front and rear armrest-supporting members being rotatable relative to said base frame about said axis between an extended position, in which each of said left and right poles extends downwardly and frontwardly from the respective one of said left and right armrests to said stopper, in which said stopper is disposed frontwardly of said axis, and in which said stopper abuts against said bottom ends of said left and right seat rods, and a folded position, in which each of said left and right poles extends downwardly and rearwardly from the respective one of said left and right armrests to said stopper, in which said stopper is disposed rearwardly of said axis, and in which said stopper abuts against said bottom ends of said left and right seat rods.