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US 12,677,950 B2Granted
Chair
AssigneeLifetime Products, Inc.
InventorsS. Curtis Nye, Mitch Johnson, Mohammadamir Safari, Frank Clegg
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Abstract
A folding chair may include a frame, brackets, and a seat. The chair may be assembled by connecting a first bracket to a first side of a frame and connecting a second bracket to a second side of the frame. The seat may be connected to the brackets by inserting downwardly extending portions of the seat into an upper portion of the brackets and pushing the seat downwardly towards a lower portion of the brackets. The seat may be connected to an at least substantially assembled frame, and the seat may be attached to the brackets while the frame is in a folded position.
Claims20
A folding chair capable of moving between a folded position and an unfolded position, the folding chair comprising:
- a frame;
- a seat including a first set of one or more receiving portions disposed on a first side of the seat and a second set of one or more receiving portions disposed on a second side of the seat;
- a first bracket attached to a first side of the frame, the first bracket including one or more attachment portions sized and configured to engage the first set of one or more receiving portions of the seat as the seat is inserted from an upper portion of the first bracket towards a lower portion of the first bracket, the one or more attachment portions of the first bracket and the first set of one or more receiving portions of the seat connecting the first side of the seat to the first bracket;
- and
- a second bracket attached to a second side of the frame, the second bracket including one or more attachment portions sized and configured to engage the second set of one or more receiving portions of the seat as the seat is inserted from an upper portion of the second bracket towards a lower portion of the second bracket, the one or more attachment portions of the second bracket and the second set of one or more receiving portions of the seat connecting the second side of the seat to the second bracket;
- wherein an attachment portion of the one or more attachment portions of the first bracket includes a tab that extends downwardly and inwardly towards a lower surface of the first bracket;
- and
- wherein an attachment portion of the one or more attachment portions of the second bracket includes a tab that extends downwardly and inwardly towards a lower surface of the second bracket.
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A method of assembling a portion of a folding chair, the method comprising:
- providing a frame including a first front leg, a first rear leg connected to the first front leg, a second front leg, and a second rear leg connected to the second front leg;
- connecting a first bracket to the first front leg, the first bracket including a first axis extending at an upward angle from a lower portion of the first bracket;
- connecting a second bracket to the second front leg, the second bracket including a second axis extending at an upward angle from a lower portion of the second bracket;
- and
- connecting a seat to the first bracket and the second bracket, the seat being connected to the first bracket along the first axis and the seat being connected to the second bracket along the second axis;
- wherein the seat is connected to the first bracket and the second bracket when the frame is disposed in a folded position.
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A method of manufacturing a portion of a folding chair that is movable between a folded position and an unfolded position, the method comprising:
- providing an at least substantially assembled frame, the frame comprising:
- a first side including a first front leg and a first rear leg;
- and
- a second side including a second front leg and a second rear leg;
- connecting a first bracket to the first side of the frame, the first bracket including one or more attachment portions that extend downwardly towards a lower portion of the first bracket;
- connecting a second bracket to the second side of the frame, the second bracket including one or more attachment portions that extend downwardly towards a lower portion of the second bracket;
- providing a seat, the seat comprising:
- a first sidewall including one or more attachment portions;
- and
- a second sidewall including one or more attachment portions;
- aligning the one or more attachment portions of the first sidewall of the seat with the one or more attachment portions of the first bracket;
- aligning the one or more attachment portions of the second sidewall of the seat with the one or more attachment portions of the second bracket;
- disposing the first sidewall of the seat proximate an upper portion of the first bracket;
- disposing the second sidewall of the seat proximate an upper portion of the second bracket;
- inserting the first sidewall of the seat into the first bracket along an axis from an upper portion of the first bracket towards the lower portion of the first bracket;
- inserting the second sidewall of the seat into the second bracket along an axis from an upper portion of the second bracket towards the lower portion of the second bracket;
- engaging the one or more attachment portions of the first bracket and the one or more attachment portions of the first sidewall to connect the seat to the first bracket;
- and
- engaging the one or more attachment portions of the second bracket and the one or more attachment portions of the second sidewall to connect the seat to the second bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.