Patent ID: 6206469
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A stackable chair that is capable of being ganged with a chair in side-by-side relationship comprising:an upper frame adapted to receive and support a seating platform thereon, said upper frame having a front side, a first side and a second side, each of said first and second sides having rear ends attached to a backrest platform for supporting a user seated in the chair,a lower frame having first and second sides supporting said upper frame above a supporting surface for the chair, said lower frame including a front side, and first and second leg members disposed on said first side of said lower frame, and third and fourth leg members disposed on said second side of said lower frame, each of said leg members having a lower end adapted to engage the supporting surface for the chair, and an upper end,a first connector member extending between and fixedly interconnecting said upper ends of said first and second leg members to one another, said first connector having an outer first side,a second connector member extending between and fixedly interconnecting said upper ends of said third and fourth leg members to one another, said second connector having an outer second side,said first and second connector members generally occupying a common generally horizontal plane which effectively defines the upper limit of said first and second sides of said lower frame, anda first side and a second side coupling support located respectively on outer first and second sides of said first and second connector members, said first side and said second side coupling support occupying said common plane, said first side coupling support having a first side extension disposed outwardly from said first side coupling support, said first side extension having a coupling hook projecting outwardly from said first side extension, said coupling hook occupying said common plane, said second side coupling support having a second side extension disposed outwardly from said second side coupling support, said second side extension having a lower surface with an opening slot therein, said slot aligned parallel with said second connector member,whereby said first side extension coupling hook of said first side of the ganged chair is insertable into a slot within a lower surface of a second side extension of a second side of another chair in side-by-side relationship, andwhereby said upper frame and said lower frame of said chair are maximally stackable with one or more other chairs.