Patent ID: 7073864

Claim:
A flexible stacking chair comprising: a seat having a front portion, a rear portion and lateral side portions; a back having an upper portion, a lower portion and lateral side portions; a frame for supporting said seat and said back, said frame having a first side formed of a single steel wire having a first rearwardly located, upper vertical portion integral with a forward extending horizontal portion which is integral with a first leg portion extending from said horizontal portion downwardly and rearwardly, said first leg portion integral with a rear bent portion which is integral with a horizontal runner portion extending forwardly from said rear bent portion, said runner portion being integral with a front curved and bent portion which is integral with a second leg portion extending upwardly and rearwardly from said front curved and bent portion, said second leg portion being integral with a second rearwardly located, upper vertical portion located alongside and generally parallel to said first upper vertical portion, said first and said second legs crossing and not touching, and a second side formed of another single steel wire having a first rearwardly located, upper vertical portion integral with a forward extending horizontal portion which is integral with a first leg extending from said horizontal portion downwardly and rearwardly, said first leg integral with a rear bent portion which is integral with a horizontal runner portion extending forwardly from said rear bent portion, said runner portion being integral with a front curved and bent portion which is integral with a second leg extending upwardly and rearwardly from said front curved and bent portion, said second leg being integral with a second rearwardly located, upper vertical portion located along side and generally parallel to said first upper rearward vertical portion, said first and said second legs crossing and not touching; a first restraint fixed to said first leg of said first side of said frame for limiting rotation of said second leg of said first side of said frame downwardly and upwardly about said front curved and bent portion of said first side of said frame; and a second restraint fixed to said first leg of said second side of said frame for limiting rotation of said second leg of said second side of said frame upwardly and downwardly about said front curved and bent portion of said second side of said frame.