Patent ID: 6257660
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A portable chair moveable between at least a folded condition and a set-up condition, the portable chair comprising:two spaced apart and opposed bottom rails each having a bottom surface, a forward end, and a rear end;two spaced apart and opposed leg scissors, each leg scissor including a first support and a second support pivotally attached to one another at a leg pivot, the first support of each leg scissor defining a front leg section below the leg pivot terminating at a bottom end and a seat back section above the leg pivot terminating at a top end, and the second support of each leg scissor defining a rear leg section below the leg pivot terminating at a lower end and a seat front section above the leg pivot terminating at an upper end;a back rest link interconnecting the seat back sections of the first supports;a seat rest link interconnecting the seat front sections of the second supports;a rail link interconnecting the bottom rails near the rear ends;a front leg joint pivotally connecting each front leg section near the bottom end to the corresponding bottom rail near the forward end;a flexible sling suspended generally between the first supports and the second supports with one end of the sling disposed near the top ends of the first supports and an opposite end of the sling disposed near the upper ends of the second supports; anda notch formed integrally in the lower end of each rear leg section of each second support, each notch removably bearing directly against and receiving the rail link therein when the chair is in the set-up condition.