Patent ID: 6270156
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A folding chair comprising:a seat member and a backrest member;a chair support assembly for supporting said seat and backrest members comprising:a pair of rear leg members extending from the backrest, a first pair of intersecting leg members and a second pair of intersecting leg members, a top end of each of the second pair of intersecting leg members including a pivotal mount slidably engaging a middle section of one of the pair of rear leg members, and each of said first pair of intersecting leg members being pivotally mounted at a top end thereof to said seat member such that said first pair and second pair of intersecting leg members extend diagonally between a front end of said folding chair and a rear end thereof; anda means for pivotally mounting said first and second pairs of intersecting leg members for movement between fully open and fully closed positions, the means for pivotally mounting intermediately bracing the plurality of leg members.