Patent ID: 6174029
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A stackable chair of the type to be stacked atop a second substantially identical chair for storage purposes, said chair comprising:a pair of substantially U-shaped leg members, said leg members being inverted to each provide a front leg portion and a rear leg portion joined by an upper, substantially horizontally extending portion,a frame member joined to said pair of leg members to form a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertically extending back portion, each said portion being supported by said leg members;a seat cushion resting on and supported by said horizontal portion of said frame member and a back cushion supported by said substantially vertically extending portion of said frame member,a leg reinforcement bar extending between said rear leg portions and joined thereto beneath the rear portion of said seat cushion;said leg reinforcement bar having an upwardly formed, substantially horizontal intermediate portion extending for a substantial portion of the length of said leg reinforcement bar and engaging and supporting said rear portion of said seat cushion along substantially the entire length of said upwardly formed intermediate portion, opposite ends of said leg reinforcement bar extending downwardly and angularly from said upwardly formed intermediate portion and abutting said rear leg portions; andsaid reinforcement bar being situated in such a manner so as to not come into direct contact with the second chair when said chair is stacked on top of the second chair in a manner such that said chair is nested on top of the second chair in the same directional orientation wherein the back portion of said chair abuts against the back portion of the second chair.