Patent ID: 7445277
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A foldable chair comprising: a foldable right-side frame having front and rear legs configured to move between a use position wherein the legs are substantially separated from each other forming an acute angle therebetween and a storage position wherein the legs are substantially adjacent and parallel to one another, a foldable left-side frame having front and rear legs configured to move between a use position wherein the legs are substantially separated from each other forming an acute angle therebetween and a storage position wherein the legs are substantially adjacent and parallel to one another, a seat having a front end, a rear end and two sides, the seat positioned to lie between the foldable frames and being movable between an extended, use position and a collapsed, storage position, linking means for linking the front and the rear legs so as to maintain a continuously overlapping juxtaposed position between the front and rear legs, the linking means minimizing the possibility of creating a pinching action between the legs during movement of the seat between the use and collapsed positions, the linking means including a bracket having an extension plate fixedly coupled at a first end to and extending from the front leg and pivotably coupled at a second end to the rear leg, the extension plate remaining in a constant fixed position when the seat is moved between the extended, use position and the collapsed, storage position, and wherein each rear leg includes an upper portion and a lower portion configured to form a telescoping, extensible leg, the upper portion including a circular rod having a generally flat enlarged head portion extending beyond a sleeve of the lower portion having a channel to telescopically receive the rod for up-and-down movement of the rod relative to the sleeve between a retracted, short length and an extended, relatively longer length, the enlarged head portion forming a plate clearance space located between an end of the extension plate and an upper end of the sleeve, the plate clearance space being greater than an outer diameter of the legs when the foldable frames are in the extended, use position.