Patent ID: 7621600

Claim:
A seat frame consisting of: a plurality of legs; a backrest; a support for a seat; wherein said plurality of legs, said backrest, and said support for the seat form said seat frame having an appearance of being integrally formed from a single continuous elongated piece of material having a longitudinal axis along an entire length of the single continuous elongated piece of material and defining a single beginning first end disposed across said longitudinal axis, a single terminating second end disposed across said longitudinal axis, and a single continuous elongated middle portion defining a single continuous uninterrupted course along said entire length of said longitudinal axis between said single beginning first end and said single terminating second end; wherein portions of said single continuous elongated middle portion define a plurality of spaced-apart elongated horizontally-extending supports extending from a front to a back of said seat frame to form said support for the seat, and said single beginning first end is spaced-apart from said single terminating second end; and wherein said single continuous elongated piece of material comprises a generally constant cross-sectional shape taken about said longitudinal axis and along said entire length of said single continuous elongated piece of material, said backrest formed from a portion of said single continuous elongated middle portion, said single beginning first end disposed across said longitudinal axis and said single terminating second end disposed across said longitudinal axis defining ends of first and second legs of said plurality of legs for supporting said seat frame on a surface so that said single beginning first end and said single terminating second end rest on the surface and adjacent terminating end portions extend directly upwardly away from the surface, and portions of said single continuous elongated middle portion defining ends of third and fourth legs of said plurality of legs for supporting said seat frame on the surface.