Patent ID: 7775587

Claim:
A compact folding portable chair comprising; a rigid backrest framework having an upper member and opposed side members; a rigid seat framework having a back member and opposed side members further perpendicularly connected to the top side of upper rear leg members at the back corners of said back member and said side members; said seat framework side members at opposite ends of said back corners are further perpendicularly connected to upper front leg members parallel with said rear upper leg members; said backrest framework is hingeably joined to said seat framework at the top side of said upper rear leg members and is rotatable between a folded position and an open position; said backrest framework is locked in the open position by means of a sliding sleeve; a lower rear leg rigid framework having opposed leg side members and upper and lower stabilizer members forming an H style framework; said lower rear leg framework is hingeably joined to the bottom side of said rear upper leg members; a lower front leg rigid framework having opposed leg side members and an upper and lower stabilizer members forming an H style framework; said lower front leg framework is hingeably joined to the bottom side of said front upper leg members; a pair of mid point hinged stabilizing members hinged at both ends and joined to the mid points of said seat side members and at the mid points of the left and right side of said lower front and lower rear leg members; said mid point stabilizing members have sliding sleeves to lock said lower front and lower rear leg members in an open position; a pair of removable rigid curved members connected to flexible material that form armrests with cup holders that are further joined with said upper front leg members at one end and said backrest side members at opposed ends; said seat framework and said backrest framework is covered with the same said flexible material and connected with grommets at said upper front leg members and upper rear leg members; said flexible material is further connected to the top of said backrest framework by means of an envelope style closure fitted over said backrest framework side members which forms the seating and backrest supporting areas; an enclosure member consisting of an adjustable strap or expandable cord with hook, spring-clip or similar type attachment member on opposing ends which when attached at one end to the said upper stabilizing member of the said lower front leg framework and at the other end to said backrest framework will retain the said compact portable chair in a folded position.