Patent ID: 7240961

Claim:
A portable sling chair comprising; a chair frame having setup and collapsed conditions and including a plurality of axially elongated rigid frame members, said frame members including a single main frame member and a rear frame member, a first connecting fitting securing a rear end of said main frame member to said rear frame member for pivotal movement of said main frame member toward and away from said rear frame member and for movement longitudinally along said rear frame member, connecting means for releasably securing said first connecting fitting in a fixed setup position on said rear frame member with said first connecting fitting longitudinally downwardly spaced from an upper end of said rear frame member to secure said chair frame in said setup condition wherein said rear frame member is upwardly and forwardly inclined and said main frame member is rearwardly and upwardly inclined when said chair is resting on a generally horizontal supporting surface in said setup condition, an axially elongated connecting element connected to said main frame member and said rear frame member and restraining said main frame member against pivotal movement away from said rear frame member when said chair is in said setup condition, and a flexible panel supported on said chair frame at the upper end of said rear frame member and at the forward end of said main frame member and above said main frame member, said panel defining contiguous chair seat and back portions.