IP Library Granted Patent US 10,130,180
Granted Patent B2
US 10,130,180 · App. 15/290,027 · Granted Nov 20, 2018

Collapsible folding chair

Inventors: Andrew David Frankel (Yorba Linda, CA); Shi-Ping Zheng (Fuzhou, CN); Tian-Xia Zheng (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: Zenithen USA, LLC
A47C4/28A47C4/02
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Patent No.
US 10,130,180
App. No.
15/290,027
Granted
Nov 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A folding collapsible chair includes a seat ring and folding legs with a back rest fabric installed over the seat ring. The seat ring has four positioning pieces that have downward facing sheath tubes; each sheath tube has a locking structure. The folding legs include four support rods and two horizontal bars. The four support rods correspond with the four positioning pieces. Two diagonal support rods form a unit, fixed together with a horizontal bar to form one body. Two of the aforementioned units, each of which incorporates two support rods with a horizontal bar, are cross-hinged together so that they can pull together when folded up for storage with the seat ring. The aforementioned seat ring is linked together into a locking structure with the top ends of the four support rods by means of the positioning pieces' sheath tubes.

Claims (19)

1. A collapsible folding chair, comprising:

a seat ring and folding legs, with a backrest fabric installed over the seat ring;

said seat ring being provided with four positioning pieces with downward facing sheath tubes, and a locking structure on each sheath tube;

said folding legs include four support rods and two horizontal bars;

said four support rods corresponding with the four positioning pieces, respectively;

two diagonally disposed instances of the support rods form a unit, wherein the diagonally disposed support rods are fixed together by a one of the horizontal bars to form one body;

wherein the unit is one of two units thusly formed, each of which units incorporates two of the support rods with one of the horizontal bars, wherein the two units are cross-hinged together so that they can pull together when folded up for storage with the seat ring; and

wherein the positioning pieces on said seat ring are attached to top ends of respective instances of the four support rods by means of the sheath tubes of the respective positioning pieces, such that the seat ring and the support rods are linked together by the locking structures.

2. The collapsible folding chair of claim 1 , wherein said support rods and a respective one of the horizontal bars are fixed together by means selected from the group of: two ends of the horizontal bars having curved segments, and each of these curved segments pressed against one of the support rods, and riveted in place with two rivets; the two ends of the horizontal bar are welded to the support rods; and each of the horizontal bars and the two diagonally disposed support rods formed of a single rod that is bent into shape.

3. The collapsible folding chair of claim 1 , wherein each of the positioning pieces forms a T-shaped structure with the sheath tube longitudinally, vertically extending downward, and longitudinally horizontal brackets supporting the seat ring, wherein the seat ring is riveted to these brackets.

4. The collapsible folding chair of claim 3 , wherein the positioning pieces' brackets have also been configured each with a brace, and the respective brace covers the seat ring where it is bracketed by the positioning piece; and wherein the rivets pass through the brace, seat ring, and brackets, such that the three are then riveted together.

5. The collapsible folding chair of claim 4 , wherein the seat ring forms one of the following structures: circular; oval; rectangular; triangular; pentagonal; hexagonal; octagonal; trapezoidal; calabash-shaped; rounded top, or squared bottom bread loaf-shaped.

6. The collapsible folding chair of claim 1 , wherein the seat ring forms one of the following structures: circular; oval; rectangular; triangular; pentagonal; hexagonal; octagonal; trapezoidal; calabash-shaped; rounded top, or squared bottom bread loaf-shaped.

7. The collapsible folding chair of claim 6 wherein the seat ring comprises one or more closed seams located at one or more of the positioning pieces' brackets, and wherein the one or more seams is connected with the brace by riveting with the bracket.

8. A The collapsible folding chair of claim 3 , wherein the seat ring forms one of the following structures: circular; oval; rectangular; triangular; pentagonal; hexagonal; octagonal; trapezoidal; calabash-shaped; rounded top, or squared bottom bread loaf-shaped.

9. The collapsible folding chair of claim 3 , wherein the seating fabric is shaped into one of the following structures: Oxford cloth stitched into the seat; an elastic cord planar weaved structure; elastic cord planar structure with weaved portion; or an elastic belt; or an elastic belt woven with Oxford cloth into the seating as a planar structure.

10. The collapsible folding chair of claim 1 , wherein the positioning pieces' locking structure is one of the following: a bolt that is screwed into the positioning pieces' sheath tube, with an end of the bolt facing a center of the sheath tube, or a spring lock, with said spring lock fixed into a wall of the positioning pieces' sheath tube and wherein an end of the spring lock faces the sheath tube's center.

11. The collapsible folding chair of claim 3 , wherein the positioning pieces' locking structure is one of the following: a bolt that is screwed into the positioning pieces' sheath tube, with an end of the bolt facing a center of the sheath tube, or a spring lock, with said spring lock fixed into a wall of the positioning pieces' sheath tube and wherein an end of the spring lock faces the sheath tube's center.

12. The collapsible folding chair of claim 4 , wherein the positioning pieces' locking structure is one of the following: a bolt that is screwed into the positioning pieces' sheath tube, with an end of the bolt facing a center of the sheath tube, or a spring lock, with said spring lock fixed into a wall of the positioning pieces' sheath tube and wherein an end of the spring lock faces the sheath tube's center.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: FRANKEL, ANDREW D., MR.; ZHENG, SHI-PING, MR.; ZHENG, TIAN-XIA, MR.
To: ZENITHEN USA, LLC, D/B/A Z COMPANY
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Continuity (1)
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