US 8,740,308 B2 · Collapsible seat

Abstract

The invention provides a collapsible seat suitable for forming from a sheet material. The seat includes a seat panel, a back panel linked to the seat panel along a first fold line, and a support panel linked to one side of the back panel via a first web defined by second and third fold lines. The support panel is adapted to be linked to another side of the back panel via a second web partially defined by a fourth fold line. The seat also includes a reinforcement panel having one end linked to the support panel along an eighth fold line and an opposite end. The reinforcement panel is adapted to be positioned generally horizontally and under the seat panel in use. The reinforcement panel includes twelfth and thirteenth fold lines intermediate the seventh fold line and the support panel such that the reinforcement panel is divided into first, second and third portions. The first and third portions are substantially identical in size.

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Dependent claims

A collapsible seat suitable for forming from a sheet material, the seat including:

a seat panel;
a back panel linked to the seat panel along a first fold line;
a support panel linked to one side of the back panel via a first web defined by second and third fold lines, and adapted to be linked to another side of the back panel via a second web partially defined by a fourth fold line;
a reinforcement panel having one end linked to the support panel along a fifth fold line and an opposite end, the reinforcement panel adapted to be positioned generally horizontally and under the seat panel in use;
each of the first and second webs has an extension linking the respective webs with at least part of the reinforcement panel;
wherein in use the back panel is adapted to be positioned generally vertically, the seat panel is adapted to be positioned generally horizontally and on one side of the back panel and the support panel is adapted to be positioned generally vertically and on the other side of the back panel.

3 more elements

A blank for forming a collapsible seat, the blank including:

a seat panel;
a back panel linked to the seat panel along a first fold line;
a support panel linked to the back panel along a second fold line;
the support panel linked to one side of the back panel via a first web having a third fold line, and adapted to be linked to an opposing side of the back panel via a second web having a fourth fold line;
a reinforcement panel having one end linked to the support panel along a fifth fold line and an opposite end, the reinforcement panel adapted to be positioned generally horizontally and under the seat panel in use;
wherein each of the first and second webs has an extension linking the respective webs with at least part of the reinforcement panel.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Collapsible seat

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Collapsible seat

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Abstract

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