Two-way foldable chair

Two-way foldable chair comprising:

• an articulated foldable frame;
• a flexible chair seat material mounted on said frame;
• and
• a flexible chair back material mounted on said frame;
• said frame being adapted for resting on a generally horizontally oriented surface in a set-up position with said flexible chair seat material defining a generally taut and horizontally disposed chair seat and said flexible chair back material defining a generally taut and upwardly extending chair back for accommodating a seated chair occupant;
• said frame having a pair of side assemblies of the opposite hand disposed in generally parallel transversally spaced apart relation to each other in said set-up position, each of said side assemblies having a plurality of generally rectilinear axially elongated side members, said side members of each of said side assemblies being disposed within longitudinally extending generally parallel vertical planes and connected each to another for pivotal movement relative to each other about generally transversally extending pivotal axes;
• said frame having a plurality of generally axially elongated connecting elements extending between and connected to said side assemblies by pivot and slide connections and supporting said side assemblies for transverse movement toward each other and into transversally compressed condition and away from each other and to said transversally spaced apart condition;
• said chair being movable from said set-up position to a first folded position wherein said frame has a generally flat configuration and said chair back generally overlies said chair seat;
• said chair also being movable from said set-up position to and from a second folded position wherein said chair forms a bundle with all of said side members and all of said connecting elements having generally common directions of extent and said seat material and said back material forming a part of said bundle, each having a flaccid condition;
• said chair further being directly movable from said set-up position to said second folded position by moving said side assemblies to said generally transversally compressed condition and thereafter moving said side assemblies to said generally vertically compressed condition;
• said chair also having a latching device mounted on said frame and including an operating handle for releasably retaining said side assemblies in said transversally spaced apart condition and thereby preventing said chair form being moved to said second folded position;
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• said chair at all times being movable between said set-up position and said first foldable position.