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Rack apparatus for folding chairs

  • US 5,348,149 A
  • Filed: 06/17/1992
  • Issued: 09/20/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for retaining and transporting chairs, comprising:

  • a plurality of foldable, stackable chairs, each having a back with mutually oppositely disposed upper curved corners and, when folded, two oppositely disposed, paired front and rear leg ends positioned in adjacent, offset relationship to define an outwardly opening notch, said chairs generally exhibiting constant widthwise, lengthwise and stack height dimension when folded; and

    a rack apparatus including;

    a base component having a widthwise base extent of dimension corresponding substantially with said the chair lengthwise dimension and extending between substantially parallel first and second longitudinal edges and having a select lengthwise base extent along a longitudinal axis;

    a first linear array of paired, upstanding chair leg alignment stanchions of predetermined height, each having a base portion fixed to said base component at said first longitudinal edge and extending from said base portion to a top portion, each pair thereof having inwardly disposed first alignment surfaces along said predetermined height slidably receiving a corresponding oppositely disposed said outwardly opening notch of a given said chair when folded to effect one retention of said given chair in alignment for stacking; and

    a second linear array of paired, upstanding chair back alignment stanchions of said predetermined height, each having a base portion fixed to said base component at said second longitudinal edge and extending from said base portion to a top portion, each said pair thereof being located in symmetrical alignment with each said pair of said first linear array and each said pair thereof having at least one inwardly disposed second alignment surface configured and located to slidably align for stacking said back upper curved corners of said given chair when a said outwardly opening notch thereof is slidably received at one of said first alignment surfaces.

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