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Granted Patent B2
US 12,419,422 · App. 18/381,617 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Folding chair

Inventor: Zhenguo Zhang (Zhejiang, CN)
Assignee: Ninghai Jiarun Hardware Co., Ltd.
A47C4/286A47C4/30
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Patent No.
US 12,419,422
App. No.
18/381,617
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A folding chair includes an upper connector, a lower connector, a plurality of upper connecting rods, a plurality of lower connecting rods and a chair cloth, a plurality of cloth corners of the chair cloth being connected to free ends of the upper connecting rods respectively. The lower connector has a same number of lower open slots as the number of the lower connecting rods, and the lower open slot is provided with a stop protrusion and provided with a positioning portion. The lower connecting rod includes a rod body and a stopper elastically installed on an upper end of the rod body. When the folding chair is in an unfolded state, a slope of an upper end of the stopper abuts against a sidewall of the stop protrusion. When the folding chair is in a folded state, a top end of the stopper is clamped into the positioning portion.

Claims (17)

1. A folding chair, comprising:

an connector ( 1 );

a lower connector ( 2 );

a plurality of upper connecting rods ( 3 ) connected to the upper connector ( 1 );

a plurality of lower connecting rods ( 4 ) connected to the lower connector ( 2 ); and

a chair cloth ( 5 ), a plurality of cloth corners ( 51 ) of the chair cloth ( 5 ) being connected to free ends ( 31 ) of the upper connecting rods ( 3 ) respectively;

wherein the lower connector ( 2 ) has a same number of lower open slots ( 21 ) as the number of the lower connecting rods ( 4 ), and the lower open slot ( 21 ) is provided with a stop protrusion ( 22 ) in a protuberant manner and provided with a positioning portion ( 21 a ) in a depressing manner inside; and

the lower connecting rod ( 4 ) comprises a rod body ( 41 ) and a stopper ( 44 ) elastically installed on an upper end of the rod body ( 41 ), when the folding chair is in an unfolded state, a slope ( 44 b ) of an upper end of the stopper ( 44 ) abuts against a sidewall ( 22 a ) of the stop protrusion ( 22 ), and when the folding chair is in a folded state, a top end ( 44 c ) of the stopper ( 44 ) is clamped into the positioning portion ( 21 a ).

2. The folding chair according to claim 1 , wherein the upper lower connecting rod ( 4 ) further comprises a hollow connecting arm ( 42 ), the connecting arm ( 42 ) is embedded into the rod body ( 41 ), and the stopper ( 44 ) is installed in the connecting arm ( 42 ) in a slidable manner.

3. The folding chair according to claim 2 , wherein the rod body ( 41 ) is connected to a first stop pin ( 45 ), the first stop pin ( 45 ) runs through the connecting arm ( 42 ), and a spring ( 43 ) is provided between a part of the first stop pin ( 45 ) inside the connecting arm ( 42 ) and the stopper ( 44 ).

4. The folding chair according to claim 2 , wherein the rod body ( 41 ) is provided with a second stop pin ( 46 ), and the second stop pin ( 46 ) runs through the connecting arm ( 42 ); the stopper ( 44 ) is transversely formed with a strip-type slide hole ( 44 a ), and a part of the second stop pin ( 46 ) inside the connecting arm ( 42 ) is in slidable cooperation with the strip-type slide hole ( 44 a ).

5. The folding chair according to claim 1 , wherein the upper connector ( 1 ) is provided with an upper center hole ( 13 ), the lower connector ( 2 ) is provided with a lower center hole ( 23 ), and a connecting shaft ( 9 ) runs through the upper center hole ( 13 ) and the lower center hole ( 23 ), realizing fixed connection or rotatable connection between the upper connector ( 1 ) and the lower connector ( 2 ).

6. The folding chair according to claim 5 , wherein a first immediate connector ( 7 ) is provided between the upper connector ( 1 ) and the lower connector ( 2 ), the first immediate connector ( 7 ) comprises an upper shaft sleeve ( 71 ) connected to the upper connector ( 1 ) and a lower shaft sleeve ( 72 ) connected to the lower connector ( 2 ), the upper shaft sleeve ( 71 ) is configured to rotate relative to the lower shaft sleeve ( 72 ), and the connecting shaft ( 9 ) runs through the upper shaft sleeve ( 71 ) and the lower shaft sleeve ( 72 ).

7. The folding chair according to claim 6 , wherein the upper shaft sleeve ( 71 ) comprises an upper flange disk ( 71 a ) and a first shaft sleeve column ( 71 b ) formed by protrusion of the upper flange disk ( 71 a ), the first shaft sleeve column ( 71 b ) is in rotatable cooperation with the upper center hole ( 13 ), and the connecting shaft ( 9 ) is adapted to the first shaft sleeve column ( 71 b ).

8. The folding chair according to claim 7 , wherein a side, facing to the lower connector ( 2 ), of the upper connector ( 1 ) is provided with several upper positioning protrusions ( 14 ), and the upper flange disk ( 71 a ) is provided with upper positioning holes ( 71 c ) corresponding to the upper positioning protrusions ( 14 ).

9. The folding chair according to claim 6 , wherein the lower shaft sleeve ( 72 ) comprises a lower flange disk ( 72 a ) and a second shaft sleeve column ( 72 b ) formed by protrusion of the lower flange disk ( 72 a ), the second shaft sleeve column ( 72 b ) is in rotatable cooperation with the lower center hole ( 23 ), and the connecting shaft ( 9 ) is adapted to the second shaft sleeve column ( 72 b ).

10. The folding chair according to claim 9 , wherein a side, facing to the upper connector ( 1 ), of the lower connector ( 2 ) is provided with several lower positioning protrusions ( 25 ), and the lower flange disk ( 72 a ) is provided with lower positioning holes ( 72 c ) corresponding to the lower positioning protrusions ( 25 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2023
From: ZHANG, ZHENGUO
To: NINGHAI JIARUN HARDWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065274/0905 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202322669682.2 · Sep 28, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250107625A1 · Apr 3, 2025
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