Unifoldable reclining chair

A unifoldable reclining chair comprising:

• an articulated foldable frame;
• a flexible seat material mounted on said frame;
• a flexible back material mounted on said frame;
• said frame being adapted to rest on a generally horizontally oriented supporting surface in a set-up condition with said flexible seat material defining a generally taut chair seat support and said flexible back material defining a generally taut chair back support for collectively accommodating an upright seated or reclined chair occupant;
• said frame having a pair of side frame assemblies of opposite hand disposed in generally parallelly extending and transversely spaced apart opposing relation to each other in said set-up condition, each of said side frame assemblies having a plurality of generally axially elongated side frame members, said side frame members of each of said assemblies being disposed within generally parallelly extending vertical planes and connected each to another for pivotal movement relative to each other about generally transversely extending pivot axes, said side frame members including front and rear leg members with respective front and rear feet;
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• said frame further having a plurality of connecting assemblies each including generally axially elongated connecting members, said connecting assemblies extending between and movably attached at each end thereof by pivotal connections to said side assemblies and supporting said side assemblies for transverse movement toward each other and away from each other and to said transversally spaced apart condition, each of said connecting assemblies having a lower end thereof that is movably attached to a respective rear leg member for motion therealong between a reclined position and an upright position;
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• enabling means for requiring both said side members and said connecting members to move substantially in unison and in multiple directions relative to each other, and to undergo multiple changes of angular position relative to each other, in response to a single frame collapsing force applied to a plurality of said frame members to cause said chair frame to move directly from said set-up condition to said collapsed condition in response to a single collapsing action, and for permitting the chair back support of said chair frame to be moved between seated and reclined positions at all times that said chair is in said set-up condition;
• said chair in said collapsed condition forming a bundle with all of said side members and all of said connecting members having generally common directions of extent with said front and rear leg members substantially parallel each other and all of said front and rear feet closely spaced, and with said seat material and said back material forming part of said bundle and having a flaccid condition.

A unifoldable reclining chair comprising:

• an articulated frame defining a back support and a seat support, wherein said frame has a set-up condition and a collapsed condition, and wherein in said set-up condition, the back support is adapted to be angularly adjusted between at least two reclined positions relative to the seat support;
• a flexible seat panel mounted on the seat support of the frame, said flexible seat panel defining a generally taut chair seat when same frame is in its set-up condition;
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• a flexible backrest panel mounted on the back support of the frame, said flexible backrest panel defining a generally taut chair backrest when said frame is in its set-up condition;
• wherein said frame comprises a pair of side frame assemblies of opposite hand disposed in generally parallelly extending and transversely spaced apart opposing relation to each other in the set-up condition of said chair, each said side frame assembly having a plurality of generally axially elongated frame members being interconnected for pivotal movement relative to one another about generally transversely extending pivot axes, said frame members including:
• a front leg member ending at a front foot;
• a rear leg member ending at a rear foot;
• a seat support member defining a respective side of the seat support;
• a back support member defining a respective side of the back support;
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• an armrest;
• wherein said frame further comprises generally transversely extending front and rear connector assemblies extending between and pivotally connected to said side frame assemblies for transversely moving said side frame assemblies towards and away from each other during collapsing or set-up of the chair frame;
• wherein each lower terminal end of the rear connector assembly is movably attached to a respective one of the rear leg members of the frame for movement between first and second positions spaced apart along the respective member, said positions corresponding to respective first and second reclined positions of the back support relative to the seat support;
• wherein said chair in its collapsed condition forms a bundle with all of the frame members and the front and rear connector assemblies gathered together from the set-up condition with front leg members, rear leg members, and back support members substantially parallel and with all of its front feet and rear feet closely spaced;
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• wherein said chair is folded from its set-up condition to its collapsed condition with a single folding action.