Patent ID: 6669280
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A chair, comprising:first leg frame means having at least one left and one right side rail, each having upper and lower ends and corresponding left and right axes, said first leg frame means also including a front cross rail connected across the upper ends of at least two of the side rails; second leg frame means having at least one left and one right side rail, each having upper and lower ends and corresponding left and right axes; back frame means having at least one left and one right side rail, each having upper and lower ends and corresponding left and right axes, said back frame means also including a top cross rail connected across the upper ends of the back frame side rails; frame link means having at least one left and at least one right frame link member, each having upper and lower ends and corresponding left and right axes; a flexible support member extending between the top cross rail and the front cross rail; wherein left and right side rails of said second leg frame means are pivotally connected along a first pivot axis to respective left and right side rails of said back frame means and are pivotally connected along a second pivot axis to respective left and right side rails of said first leg frame means; wherein left and right frame link members of said frame link means are pivotally connected along a third pivot axis to respective left and right side rails of said back frame means and are pivotally connected along a fourth pivot axis to respective left and right side rails of said first leg frame means; wherein said chair may be folded between an erected, rest condition and a collapsed condition; and, wherein at least one left axis of said first leg frame means and at least one left axis of said back frame means are substantially coplanar and at least one left axis of said second leg frame means and at least one left axis of said frame link means are substantially coplanar when the chair is in either the erected, rest condition or the collapsed condition.