Patent ID: 7387334
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A folding chair which can be opened from a folded closed position to an operative open position comprising a substantially rectangular open support frame, a lower part of which provides a front support leg when in the open position; a seat portion, a back portion having front and rear surfaces, a lower seat support, and a lower part of the lower seat support provides a rear support leg when in the open position; the seat portion, back portion and lower seat support being located within the rectangular open support frame and pivoted together and to the frame to allow the seat portion to extend between the lower seat support and the back portion and the lower seat support to lie parallel to each other within the rectangular open support frame when in the folded closed position, the back portion being pivotally connected to the rectangular open support frame through a sliding pivot, the seat portion being pivoted to the back portion and the lower seat support being connected to a lower part of the back support through at least one pivoted link or links the lower seat support having a recess or recesses for receiving the pivoted link or links when in the folded closed position, the lower part of the lower seat support rotating upwardly from a lower position where the lower part provides the rear support leg when the chair is in the open position to an upper position within the rectangular open support frame and the back portion rotating and sliding about the sliding pivot within the rectangular open support frame so that the rear facing surface thereof moves to become forward facing when the chair is closed to the folded closed position.