Patent ID: 6352301
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
A folding collapsible chair comprising a substantially -shaped back frame tube, two angled front frame tubes bilaterally connected to said back frame tube, two folding collapsible rod member connecting-structures respectively connected between said front frame tubes and said back frame tube, a substantially U-shaped seat frame tube fixedly fastened to said angled front frame tubes and holding a seat, said seat frame tube having two distal ends respectively pivoted to said back frame tube by a respective pivot, and two transverse tubes bilaterally connected between said angled front frame tubes and said back frame tube, said transverse tubes each having one end respectively fixedly connected to said front frame tubes and an opposite end connected to said back frame tube by a respective hinge means, wherein said folding collapsible rod member connecting structures each comprise a barrel fixedly mounted on said back frame tube, said barrel comprising a locating block fixedly perpendicularly protruded from the periphery thereof, a coupling block, said coupling block having one end fixedly fastened to one end of the corresponding front frame tube and an opposite end pivoted to said locating block by a pivot, a longitudinal sliding slot formed on the corresponding front frame tube adjacent to said coupling block, a locating sleeve mounted on the corresponding front frame tube and moved in and out of the corresponding front frame tube between a first position where said locating sleeve has a part sleeved onto the corresponding front frame tube and a part sleeved onto said locating block to stop the corresponding front frame tube from turning relative to said back frame tube and a second position where said locating sleeve is disengaged from said locating block for enabling the corresponding front frame tube to be turned relative to said back frame tube, a pin inserted through said longitudinal sliding slot and fixed connected to said locating sleeve to limit the range of movement of said locating sleeve on the corresponding front frame tube, and an elastic band connected between said coupling block and the pin at said locating sleeve and adapted to pull said locating sleeve from said second position to said first position.