Patent ID: 6120097
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
In a flexible chair having a seat frame forming a substantially continuous loop symmetrically about the chair beginning from a upper bearing portion then forwardly along arm portions then downwardly then rearwardly along lateral side portions to a lower bearing portion, a seat back pivotally attached to the seat frame at both the upper bearing portion and the lower bearing portion, a seat bottom attached between the lateral side portions of the seat frame, and a support frame comprising a pair of parallel support members formed generally into a u-shape and connected to each other at a bottom of the u-shape, each of the support members being pivotally attached at each end thereof to the seat frame at respective arm portions, the improvement comprising:upper and lower generally u-shaped frames pivotally connected together at the lower bearing portion with the upper u-shaped frame defining the seat back and the lower u-shaped frame defining the seat bottom and the upper and lower u-shaped frames defining a bounded area and a bidirectional fabric stretched across the bounded area.