US 7,350,856 B1 | ||
Foldable chair | ||
Chun-Hsien Tseng, No. 3, Ting-His-Hsin, Lu-Man Tsun, Chu-Chi Hsiang, Chiayi Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
Filed on Jan. 23, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/656,702. | ||
Int. Cl. A47C 4/30 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 297—45 [297/44; 297/48] | 4 Claims |
1. A foldable chair comprising:
a leg unit;
a seat unit supported on said leg unit;
a pivot unit including two pivot joints secured to said leg unit; and
a backrest unit including two opposite backrest rods that are pivoted to said leg unit through said pivot joints, respectively,
said backrest unit being rotatable relative to said leg unit between a first folded position, in which said backrest unit
overlaps said seat unit, and a first extended position, in which said backrest unit stands upright from said seat unit,
wherein each of said pivot joints includes a generally U-shaped bracket plate and a pivot pin, said U-shaped bracket plate
having two opposite arm portions and a base portion interconnecting said arm portions, each of said backrest rods having a
portion sandwiched between said arm portions of said U-shaped bracket plate of a respective one of said pivot joints, said
pivot pin of each of said pivot joints extending through said arm portions of said U-shaped bracket plate of a respective
one of said pivot joints and said portion of a respective one of said backrest rods, each of said backrest rods being blocked
by said base portion of said U-shaped bracket plate of a respective one of said pivot joints when said backrest unit is disposed
at the first extended position, and
wherein each of said pivot joints further includes a bracket sleeve that is sleeved on said bracket plate of a respective
one of said pivot joints, and that is formed with two opposite retaining round protrusions for holding releasably a respective
one of said backrest rods when said backrest unit is disposed at the first extended position.
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