Patent ID: 6045177
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A portable collapsible chair comprising an articulated chair frame having at least three X-shaped linkages consecutively positioned adjacent one another and including a rear linkage and a pair of side linkages, each of said linkages having a pair of rigid elongated link members, the link members of each pair being connected to each other at a central axis of the pair for pivotal movement relative to each other about the central axis, each of said link members having a lower portion terminating at a lower end and an upper portion terminating at an upper end, lower supporting means for connecting adjacent lower ends of consecutive linkages for pivotal movement relative to each other, upper supporting means for connecting adjacent upper ends of consecutive linkages for pivotal movement relative to each other, a flexible seat supported by said upper supporting means, the chair having a setup position wherein it rests upon a general horizontally disposed supporting surface with the seat supported in a generally horizontally disposed position, the chair having a collapsed position wherein the chair forms a compact bundle with each of the rigid elongated members generally extending in a single longitudinal direction, and carrying means for moving the chair from its setup position to its carrying position, maintaining the chair in its collapsed position, and carrying the chair in its collapsed position, the carrying means including an elongated carrying strap having strap end portions connected to the side linkages, the carrying strap extending rearwardly beyond the chair frame and having a strap central portion disposed rearward of the chair frame, portions of the carrying strap being slideably engageable with the link members of the rear linkage in response to an upwardly directed force applied to said strap central portion to lift the chair from its setup position whereby to move the chair to its collapsed position.