Collapsing chair with solid armrest and tensioned seat

Abstract

A chair ( 100 ) with solid armrests ( 150 ) and a tensioned seat collapses in a single movement, in which the front legs ( 110 ) approximate each other when the front and rear legs ( 120 ) pivot towards each other and when the seat and the back pivot towards each other.

1 . A collapsible chair, comprising: 
 a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, and a pair of solid arm rests, wherein at least one of the rear legs is telescoping, and wherein at least one of the front legs is rotatably coupled to at least one of the pair of rear legs;    a backrest coupled to a pair of back support rods, and a seat coupled to a pair of seat support rods; and    wherein the front legs, the rear legs, the arm rests, the back support rods, and the seat support rods are coupled in a manner such that the chair collapses in a single movement in which the front legs approximate each other when the front legs and the rear legs pivot towards each other and when the seat support rods and the back support rods pivot towards each other.    
   
   
       2 . The collapsible chair of  claim 1  wherein one of the pair of front legs and one of the pair of rear legs are rotatably coupled to each other, and wherein one of the pair of front legs and one of the pair of rear legs are rotatably coupled to one of the pair of arm rests.  
   
   
       3 . The collapsible chair of  claim 1  wherein one of the pair of seat support rods is rotatably coupled to one of the pair of front legs and one of the pair of rear legs.  
   
   
       4 . The collapsible chair of  claim 1  further comprising a first pair of cross braces that couple the pair of seat support rods to the pair of front legs.  
   
   
       5 . The collapsible chair of  claim 4  further comprising a second pair of cross braces that couple the pair of back support rods to the pair of rear legs.  
   
   
       6 . The collapsible chair of  claim 1  wherein at least one of the pair of front legs, the pair of rear legs, the pair of seat support rods, and the pair of back support rods is manufactured from aluminum.  
   
   
       7 . The collapsible chair of  claim 1  wherein the backrest comprises a weather resistant fabric.  
   
   
       8 . The collapsible chair of  claim 1  wherein the backrest comprises Nylon.  
   
   
       9 . The collapsible chair of  claim 1  wherein the backrest is removably attached to the pair of back support rods.  
   
   
       10 . The collapsible chair of  claim 1  wherein the tensioned seat is removably attached to the pair of seat support rods.  
   
   
       11 . The collapsible chair of  claim 1  wherein the seat is coupled to the backrest.  
   
   
       12 . The collapsible chair of  claim 1  wherein the pair of seat support rods pivot upwardly and the pair of rear legs leg pivot towards the pair of front legs, when the chair folds into a closed configuration.  
   
   
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