Folding chair

Abstract

A folding chair which can be opened from a folded closed position to an operative open position comprising a substantially rectangular open support frame, a lower part of which provides a front support leg when in the open position; a seat portion, a back portion and a lower seat support a lower part of which provides a rear support leg when in the open position; the seat portion, back portion and lower seat support being located within the open support frame and pivoted together and to the frame to allow the seat portion to extend between the lower seat support and the back portion and lower seat support to lie parallel to each other within the rectangular support frame when in the folded closed position, the back portion being pivotally connected to the rectangular support frame through a sliding pivot, the seat portion being pivoted to the back portion and the lower seat support being connected to the lower part of the back support through a pivoted link or links, the lower part of the lower seat support rotating from a lower position where it provides the rear support leg when the chair is in its open position to an upper position within the open support frame when the chair is closed to its folded position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.