Mesh folding chair
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1. A folding chair, comprising:
- a) a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg, and having an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of the front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together;
b) the seat having a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic seat hoop;
c) a pair of plastic lobes formed as one piece with the seat hoop on opposite sides thereof and extending downwardly from the seat hoop in the unfolded seating position;
d) the seat hoop being pivotally coupled between the frame sides with the front legs pivotally coupled to the pair of plastic lobes and the rear legs pivotally coupled to the all-plastic seat hoop; and
e) a plastic seat-support bar formed as one piece with the seat hoop and the pair of plastic lobes and laterally traversing the seat hoop and extending from the seat hoop and the pair of plastic lobes in front of the front legs when the seat hoop is in the unfolded seating position.
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A folding mesh chair includes a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides. The chair has an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides.
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1. A folding chair, comprising:
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a) a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg, and having an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of the front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together; b) the seat having a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic seat hoop; c) a pair of plastic lobes formed as one piece with the seat hoop on opposite sides thereof and extending downwardly from the seat hoop in the unfolded seating position; d) the seat hoop being pivotally coupled between the frame sides with the front legs pivotally coupled to the pair of plastic lobes and the rear legs pivotally coupled to the all-plastic seat hoop; and e) a plastic seat-support bar formed as one piece with the seat hoop and the pair of plastic lobes and laterally traversing the seat hoop and extending from the seat hoop and the pair of plastic lobes in front of the front legs when the seat hoop is in the unfolded seating position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A folding chair, comprising:
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a) a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg, and having an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of the front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together; b) the seat having a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh held taut across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic seat hoop; c) a pair of plastic lobes formed as one piece with the seat hoop on opposite sides thereof and extending downwardly from the seat hoop in the unfolded seating position; d) the seat hoop being pivotally coupled between the frame sides with the front legs pivotally coupled to the pair of plastic lobes and the rear legs pivotally coupled to the all-plastic seat hoop; e) a plastic seat-support bar formed as one piece with the seat hoop and the pair of plastic lobes and laterally traversing the seat hoop and extending from the seat hoop and the pair of plastic lobes in front of the front legs when the seat hoop is in the unfolded seating position; and f) the backrest having a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh held taut across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic backrest hoop.
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25. A folding chair, comprising:
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a) a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg, and having an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of the front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together; b) the seat having a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh held taut across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic seat hoop; c) a pair of plastic lobes formed as one piece with the seat hoop on opposite sides thereof and extending downwardly from the seat hoop in the unfolded seating position; d) the seat hoop being pivotally coupled between the frame sides with the front legs pivotally coupled to the pair of plastic lobes and the rear legs pivotally coupled to the all-plastic seat hoop; e) a plastic seat-support bar formed as one piece with the seat hoop and the pair of plastic lobes and laterally traversing the seat hoop and extending from the seat hoop and the pair of plastic lobes in front of the front legs when the seat hoop is in the unfolded seating position; f) the seat hoop having an arcuate shape into which the sheet of mesh of the seat is deflectable; g) the backrest having a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh held taut across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic backrest hoop, the backrest hoop fixed between the backrest supports of the frame sides; and h) the all-plastic backrest hoop and the all-plastic seat hoop form the sole structural support between the frame sides above a bottom of the frame sides near a lower end of the front and rear legs.
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