Patent ID: 6981741

Claim:
A chair comprising a seat and a backrest, said seat having an upper surface and a lower surface, said backrest having a front surface and a rear surface, said seat having two sides with an elongated slot located on each side, said backrest having an inverted U-shape with two legs extending downward from either end of an upper portion, each of said legs having a free end with a connector extending inward from said free end, said backrest being sized and shaped to fit outside of said sides of said seat with said connectors slidably connected to said slots, there being two slots and two connectors with one connector in each slot, said chair being readily movable between an upright position and a compact position: (a) in a compact position, said seat and said backrest lying substantially in the same plane with an angle between said upper surface of said seat and said front surface of said backrest being substantially 180°; (b) in an upright position, said backrest being mounted in a fixed position relative to said seat so that said angle greater than substantially 90°, said free ends moving along each side of said seat as said backrest moves between positions with said connectors sliding within said slots.