Patent ID: 7770968

Claim:
A stacking chair comprising: a seat; a back support; a frame including a pair of spaced apart leg members, a back support member, and a seat support member, wherein each of the pair of spaced apart leg members has a front leg portion and a rear leg portion, the frame supporting the seat and the back support; a connection portion interconnecting the front leg portion to the rear leg portion, the connection portion being curved; the seat support member extending transversely across the frame, the seat support member having a first end connected to the connection portion of one of the pair of leg members and an opposite second end connected to the connection portion of the other of the pair of leg members; and wherein the seat support member is a hollow tube having a convex upper surface and a concave lower surface to provide a C-shaped cross sectional profile to the seat support member, the hollow tube being generally straight and having a generally constant cross section, the connection portions of the leg members being directly connected to the convex upper surface of the tube; and a stacking member disposed on each of the pair of leg members, the stacking member shaped to receive the connection portion of a like chair such that the stacking member rests on the connection portion of a like chair thereby providing for the stacking of the stacking chairs on top of each other.