Patent ID: 7011372
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: A47C,F16B

Abstract:
1. A modular chair assembly comprising: a support frame including a plurality of curved supporting tubes, each of which has opposite first and second ends, said first end of each of said supporting tubes being connected detachably to said second end of an adjacent one of said supporting tubes; a leg frame supporting said support frame on a support surface, and including a plurality of leg tubes; a link unit detachably connecting one end of each of said leg tubes to said first and second ends of two adjacent ones of said supporting tubes; and a seat mounted on said support frame; wherein said supporting tubes are interconnected to define a ring, said leg frame including two pairs of said leg tubes, and an intermediate cross member interconnecting each pair of said leg tubes, each of said leg tubes having a top end connected to said first and second ends of two adjacent ones of said supporting tubes through said link unit, wherein said link unit has a leg connecting portion connected to said top end of one of said leg tubes, and a tube supporting portion connected transversely to said leg connecting portion and having two opposite ends projecting in opposite directions from said leg connecting portion, said ends of said tube supporting portion being connected respectively to said first and second ends of two adjacent ones of said supporting tubes; and wherein said link unit further includes a hollow squeeze member which has a substantially C-shaped cross-section and which is inserted into one of said leg tubes, said leg connecting portion being inserted into said squeeze member.