Patent ID: 6382727
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A foldable chair containing a seat and a pair of spaced apart front legs for supporting the seat, said chair further including:a pair of opposed support members, each of said members being is rotatably mounted at a proximal end upon one of the front legs so that each support members can rotate between a stored position adjacent to a front leg and a raised position wherein each said support member extends outwardly from said chair; actuating means connected to said support members by a manually operated linkage for moving the support members between the stored position and the raised position; each support member containing an axially extended guideway having a proximal end and a distal end; a frame slidably contained within said guideway; and said linkage further connected to said frame for moving the frame along the guideway between a fully retracted position when the support members are in a stored position and a fully extended position when the support members are in the raised position; said frame including a pair of spaced apart channel members each having a top wall overlying one of the support arms and a pair of side walls downwardly depending on either side of said support member and a roller rotatably secured in at least one of said sidewalls that is contained in said guideway.