Foldable chair with utility side desk

• US 6,364,411 B1
• Filed: 12/18/2000
• Issued: 04/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Edward Zheng
• Original Assignee: Edward Zheng
• Inventors: Zheng, Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US09/738,499
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 297/16.2, 297/45, 297/135, 297/144, 297/170, 297/173
• US Class Current: 297/173
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 4/286 foldable side to side and front to back, e.g. umbrella type
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/62 Accessories for chairs

Abstract

A foldable chair equipped with a utility side desk, which includes a seat frame and a desk frame foldably coupled with the seat frame, wherein the desk frame includes a pair of supporting arms pivotally connecting with a second front and back frame legs of the seat frame respectively, a pair of slider joints for pivotally coupling two inner ends of said two supporting arms with a first front and back frame legs of the seat frame, and a pair of pivot arms which are extending sidewardly from the seat frame pivotally coupling with two outer ends of the two supporting arms respectively. Therefore, the utility side desk is capable of serving as an extra side surface, which is adapted to be quickly and easily folded with the foldable chair into a compact unit for carriage and storage and unfolded for use.

Claims

1. A foldable chair comprising a seat frame constructed to support a fabric seat thereon and a side desk frame for supporting a desk fabric thereon foldably and sidewardly extended from said seat frame, wherein said seat frame comprises:

a pair of first and second front frame legs pivotally connected with each other in cross manner to form a “

X”

structure;

a pair of first and second back frame legs pivotally connected with each other in cross manner to form a “

X”

structure;

two pairs of side frame legs, each pair comprising a first side crossed leg and a second side crossed leg pivotally connected with each other in a cross manner to form a pivotal “

X”

structure;

a pair of front lower frame joints for pivotally connecting two lower ends of said two front frame legs with two lower front ends of said side frame legs respectively;

a pair of back lower frame joints for pivotally connecting two lower ends of said two back frame legs with two lower back ends of said side frame legs respectively;

a pair of front frame joints for pivotally connecting two upper ends of said two front frame legs with two upper front ends of said side frame legs respectively;

a pair of back upper frame joints for pivotally connecting two upper ends of said two back frame legs with two upper back ends of said side frame legs respectively; and

said side desk frame comprising a pair of foldable supporting arms pivotally connecting with said second front and back frame legs respectively, a pair of slider joints for pivotally coupling two inner ends of said two supporting arms with said first front and back frame legs, and a pair of pivot arms which extend outwardly from said seat frame pivotally coupling with two outer ends of said two supporting arms respectively.

2. The foldable chair, as recited in claim 1, wherein each of said slider joint comprises a slider body and a pivot wall integrally extended therefrom, said slider body having a slider hole which has a diameter slightly larger than said respective first front and back frame legs and transversally extended through said slider body for said respective first front and back frame legs slidably passing through and said pivot walls of slider joints being pivotally connected to said inner ends of said supporting arms.

3. The foldable chair, as recited in claim 2, wherein said side desk frame further comprises a pair of coupling joints for coupling said two supporting arms with said two pivot arms respectively, each of said coupling joints comprising a first joint member and a second joint member slidably connected each other wherein said first joint member is firmly affixed to said outer end of said respective supporting arm and said second joint member is firmly affixed to an inner end of said respective pivot arm.

4. The foldable chair, as recited in claim 3, wherein each said first joint member has a pair of pin-like protrusions opposedly and outwardly extended from two sides thereof for slidably engaging with two sliding slots provided on two side walls of said second joint member.

5. The foldable chair, as recited in claim 4, wherein said sliding slot has an enlarged head portion and an elongated tail portion in such a manner that when said protrusions are slidably moved to said head portion of said sliding slot, said pivot arms are freely rotated about the outer ends of said supporting arms respectively, and when said protrusions are slidably moved to said tail portion of said sliding slot, said pivot arms are securely engaged with said supporting arms respectively in a vertical position, so as to vertically hold said pivot arms in position.

6. The foldable chair, as recited in claim 5, wherein each of said first joint members further has a top end wall integrally extended from a ceiling of said first joint member so as to limit said rotation angle of said pivot arm.

7. The foldable chair, as recited in claim 4, wherein each of said first joint members further has a top end wall integrally extended from a ceiling of said first joint member so as to limit said rotation angle of said pivot arm.

8. The foldable chair, as recited in claim 3, wherein each of said first joint members further has a top end wall integrally extended from a ceiling of said first joint member so as to limit said rotation angle of said pivot arm.

9. The foldable chair, as recited in claim 1, wherein said side desk frame further comprises a pair of coupling joints for coupling said two supporting arms with said two pivot arms respectively, each of said coupling joints comprising a first joint member and a second joint member slidably connected each other wherein said first joint member is firmly affixed to said outer end of said respective supporting arm and said second joint member is firmly affixed to an inner end of said respective pivot arm.

10. The foldable chair, as recited in claim 9, wherein each said first joint member has a pair of pin-like protrusions opposedly and outwardly extended from two sides thereof for slidably engaging with two sliding slots provided on two side walls of said second joint member.

11. The foldable chair, as recited in claim 10, wherein said sliding slot has an enlarged head portion and an elongated tail portion in such a manner that when said protrusions are slidably moved to said head portion of said sliding slot, said pivot arms are freely rotated about the outer ends of said supporting arms respectively, and when said protrusions are slidably moved to said tail portion of said sliding slot, said pivot arms are securely engaged with said supporting arms respectively in a vertical position, so as to vertically hold said pivot arms in position.