Patent ID: 6247749
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A folding chair comprising:""X""-shaped collapsible front and rear structures,""X""-shaped collapsible left and right side structures,said front, rear, left side and right side structures pivotally mounted to each other at adjoining corners of said ""X""-shaped structures so that said front and rear structures are parallel and spaced apart and so that said left and right side structures are parallel and spaced apart, said front, rear, left and right side structures when so mounted defining a rectangular parallelepiped symmetric about an axis of symmetry,said rectangular parallelepiped expandable or collapsible symmetrically about said axis of symmetry by simultaneous corresponding expansion or collapsing of said ""X""-shaped structures about pivots in the center of each said ""X""-shaped structure and said pivotable mounting at said adjoining corners, said adjoining corners forming the vertices of said rectangular parallelepiped,one pair only of telescopic members mounted to, so as to extend between, vertically aligned front vertices of said vertices of said rectangular parallelepiped,wherein said telescopic members are fully telescopically retracted when said rectangular parallelepiped is fully expanded so as to tension a flexible seat suspended between upper vertices of said vertices of said rectangular parallelepiped.