Folding chair with slide-out table
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1. A folding chair with a slide out table, comprising:
- a chair frame that is foldable about a plurality of laterally extending axes between a set up condition and a folded condition; and
a table that is slidably attached to the chair frame for lateral motion between a deployed position outside a spatial envelope of the chair frame and a stowed position within the spatial envelope of the chair frame, and that is pivotally attached to the chair frame such that when the chair frame is in its set up condition the table is disposed below and spaced apart from a seat of the chair frame, and when the chair frame is in its folded condition the table is disposed substantially coplanar with the seat of the chair frame;
wherein said table is pivotally attached to the chair frame using a fixed bar and a swinging bar;
wherein the fixed bar is fixedly attached to a forward part of the frame and extends laterally across the chair frame;
wherein the swinging bar that extends laterally across the chair frame and is pivotally attached to the frame rearward of the fixed bar for swinging motion about a laterally extending axis;
wherein the fixed bar and the swinging bar locate the table below the seat of the chair frame in the set up condition of the chair frame, and locate the table substantially coplanar with the seat of the chair frame in the folded condition of the chair frame; and
wherein the fixed bar and the swinging bar extend along the lateral direction of motion of the table between the deployed position and the stowed position.
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Abstract
A folding chair includes a chair frame that is foldable about a plurality of laterally extending axes between a set up condition and a folded condition, and includes a table that is slidably attached to the chair frame for lateral motion between a deployed position outside a spatial envelope of the chair frame and a stowed position within the spatial envelope of the chair frame, and that is pivotally attached to the chair frame such that when the chair frame is in its set up condition the table is disposed below a seat of the chair frame, and when the chair frame is in its folded condition the table is disposed substantially coplanar with the seat of the chair frame.
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19 Claims
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1. A folding chair with a slide out table, comprising:
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a chair frame that is foldable about a plurality of laterally extending axes between a set up condition and a folded condition; and a table that is slidably attached to the chair frame for lateral motion between a deployed position outside a spatial envelope of the chair frame and a stowed position within the spatial envelope of the chair frame, and that is pivotally attached to the chair frame such that when the chair frame is in its set up condition the table is disposed below and spaced apart from a seat of the chair frame, and when the chair frame is in its folded condition the table is disposed substantially coplanar with the seat of the chair frame; wherein said table is pivotally attached to the chair frame using a fixed bar and a swinging bar; wherein the fixed bar is fixedly attached to a forward part of the frame and extends laterally across the chair frame; wherein the swinging bar that extends laterally across the chair frame and is pivotally attached to the frame rearward of the fixed bar for swinging motion about a laterally extending axis; wherein the fixed bar and the swinging bar locate the table below the seat of the chair frame in the set up condition of the chair frame, and locate the table substantially coplanar with the seat of the chair frame in the folded condition of the chair frame; and wherein the fixed bar and the swinging bar extend along the lateral direction of motion of the table between the deployed position and the stowed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A folding chair with a slide out table, comprising:
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a generally U-shaped front leg; a generally U-shaped back leg that is pivotally attached to the front leg at upper ends thereof; a generally U-shaped back support that is pivotally attached to the rear leg at approximately a midpoint thereof; a generally U-shaped seat support that is pivotally attached to the back support; and a table slidably and pivotally attached to the front leg and to the seat support for lateral motion between a deployed position outside a spatial envelope of the chair frame and a stowed position within the spatial envelope of the chair frame; wherein said generally U-shaped members define a chair frame that is foldable about laterally extending axes from a set up condition to a folded condition. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A folding chair with a slide out table, comprising:
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a chair frame that includes a generally U-shaped front leg, a generally U-shaped back leg, a generally U-shaped back support, and a generally U-shaped seat support, which are pivotally connected to be folded around lateral axes from a set up condition of the chair frame to a folded condition of the chair frame in which the generally U-shaped members all are disposed substantially parallel with each other; a swinging bar that extends laterally across the chair frame and hangs pivotally from the seat support; a fixed bar that is fastened laterally across the front leg; and a table slidably and pivotally supported on the swinging bar and on the fixed bar; wherein the table is movable laterally along the swinging bar and the fixed bar between a deployed position outside a spatial envelope of the chair frame and a stowed position within the spatial envelope of the chair frame. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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