Patent ID: 7810882

Claim:
A connectable chair comprising: a generally horizontal seat; a back support; a frame supporting the seat and back support, the frame including a pair of spaced apart leg members each having a front leg portion and a rear leg portion, a female ganging device and a male ganging device each having an outer face; the female ganging device further including a receiving slot extending across the outer face from an edge to an opposed edge, the receiving slot having a generally constant cross section from a first end to a second end, the female ganging device interconnected with one side of the frame adjacent an upper end of one of the leg members; and the male ganging device interconnected with the side of the frame opposite the female ganging device adjacent an upper end of the other of the leg members, the male ganging device further including an elongated flange extending across the outer face, wherein the flange of the male ganging device may be received into either end of the receiving slot of the female ganging device of a like chair thereby providing for the interconnection of a plurality of the connectable chairs in a side-by-side relationship.