Chairs and seats – With table – desk – or easel – Tablet-arm type
Patent
1994-11-18
1996-03-19
Brown, Peter R.
Chairs and seats
With table, desk, or easel
Tablet-arm type
297 45, A47C 438
Patent
active
054998573
ABSTRACT:
A folding chair comprises a front, scissors-like X-structure formed by two pivotally coupled rigid members, the lower ends of which form front feet and the upper ends of which form front seat corners of the chair. Rearward the scissors structure, an inverted Y-structure includes a pair of downwardly depending rear legs diverging from a central hinge to form rear feet and a stile pivotally coupled to the hinge and extending upwardly opposite the legs. Two spindles link the front feet to an apex coupled to the hinge by a tether, and two lateral braces link the rear feet to the front seat corners, the braces and the spindles being pivotally coupled together where they cross. The stile opposite the hinge includes a transverse rail from which is suspended a hammock seat extending downward to the front seat corners on the scissors structure. The chair folds to a tight bundle for carrying, the hammock seat doubling as a shoulder sling. The chair quickly deploys by spreading the front feet, thereby causing the rear feet to spread apart and to extend rearwardly from the front feet. The stile, folded downwardly between the rear legs for carrying, pivots upwardly at the hinge and latches into place to support the upper end of the hammock.
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Brown Peter R.
Manning Guy V.
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