Disassembled chairs for shipment

Abstract

An apparatus and associated methodology contemplating a chair, assembled of a plurality of components configured for optimal containerization for shipping, handling, and storing a selected number of the chairs. The selected number of chairs corresponds to a set of disassembled components, including a plurality of disassembled leg frames. Each leg frame includes a plurality of legs circumscribing a central space that is sized so that a first leg frame fits inside a second leg frame forming a nested stack arrangement of the leg frames. A brace interconnects medial portions of the legs together. The disassembled components also includes a plurality of disassembled seats. Each seat is configured to fit entirely inside a storage cavity formed by the nested stack of the first leg frame inside the second leg frame, the storage cavity coinciding with the central space from a top of the second leg frame to the second leg frame’s brace.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A chair, assembled of a plurality of components configured for optimal containerization for shipping, handling, and storing a selected number of the chairs, the selected number of chairs corresponding to a set of disassembled components, comprising:
 a plurality of disassembled leg frames, each including:
 a plurality of legs circumscribing a central space that is sized so that a first leg frame fits inside a second leg frame forming a nested stack arrangement of the leg frames; and 
 a brace interconnecting medial portions of the legs together; and 
   a plurality of disassembled seats, each configured to fit entirely inside a storage cavity formed by the nested stack of the first leg frame inside the second leg frame, the storage cavity coinciding with the central space from a top of the second leg frame to the first leg frame’s brace.   
     
     
         2 . The chair of  claim 1  wherein the storage cavity is a first storage cavity, and wherein each of the disassembled seats is configured to fit entirely inside a second storage cavity formed by the nested stack of the first leg frame inside the second leg frame, the second storage cavity coinciding with the central space between the first leg frame’s brace and a bottom of the first leg frame. 
     
     
         3 . The chair of  claim 1  wherein each of the disassembled seats is configured so that a plurality of the seats fits entirely inside the storage cavity. 
     
     
         4 . The chair of  claim 2  wherein each of the disassembled seats is configured so that a plurality of the seats fits entirely inside the second storage cavity. 
     
     
         5 . The chair of  claim 1  wherein each disassembled leg frame is unitarily constructed. 
     
     
         6 . The chair of  claim 1  wherein each disassembled leg frame comprises:
 a first side defining a first front leg and a first rear leg; 
 a second side defining a second front leg and a second rear leg; and 
 the brace interconnecting the first side to the second side. 
 
     
     
         7 . The chair of  claim 6  wherein the first side further comprises the first front leg angled toward the first rear leg and the first rear leg angled toward the first front leg, wherein the second side opposingly mirrors the first side, and wherein the first side angles toward the second side and the second side angles toward the first side. 
     
     
         8 . The chair of  claim 6  wherein the first side has a first attachment feature configured for attaching the seat to the leg frame, and the second side has a second attachment feature configured for attaching the seat to the leg frame. 
     
     
         9 . The chair of  claim 7  wherein the front legs are longer than the rear legs. 
     
     
         10 . The chair of  claim 7  wherein the legs extend along a frustoconical plane. 
     
     
         11 . A chair, comprising:
 a unitarily constructed leg frame having a first side defining first and second legs angled toward each other, and an opposing second side defining third and fourth legs angled toward each other; and a brace spanning the central space between the legs and connected to a medial portion of each leg, wherein the first and second legs angle toward the second side and the third and fourth legs angle toward the first side; and   a seat configured to be assembled to the first side and the second side.   
     
     
         12 . The chair of  claim 11  wherein each of the first side and the second side comprises an elongated member having a first bend forming one of the legs and a second bend forming the other leg. 
     
     
         13 . The chair of  claim 12  wherein a medial portion of each elongated member, between the first bend and the second bend, is configured for assembling the seat to the leg frame. 
     
     
         14 . The chair of  claim 13  wherein the medial portion of each elongated member supports an attachment feature for assembling the seat to the leg frame. 
     
     
         15 . The chair of  claim 11  wherein the legs extend along a frustoconical plane. 
     
     
         16 . The chair of  claim 11  wherein the brace extends to and is joined to each leg. 
     
     
         17 . The chair of  claim 11  wherein the brace is X-shaped. 
     
     
         18 . The chair of  claim 17  where the brace has a plurality of coplanar extensions that are each joined at one end to one of the legs, and the opposing ends of the extensions are joined together. 
     
     
         19 . A method for shipping all the components of a plurality of disassembled chairs inside the same shipping container, the method comprising:
 obtaining the components of the plurality of disassembled chairs, including:
 a plurality of disassembled leg frames, each including:
 a plurality of legs circumscribing a central space that is sized so that a first leg frame fits inside a second leg frame forming a nested stack arrangement of the leg frames; and 
 a brace interconnecting medial portions of the legs together; and 
 a plurality of disassembled seats, each configured to fit entirely inside a storage cavity formed by the nested stack of the first leg frame inside the second leg frame, the storage cavity coinciding with the central space from a top of the second leg frame to the second leg frame’s brace; and 
 
   obtaining the shipping container;   nesting and stacking the first and second leg frames together;   storing at least one of the plurality of disassembled seats entirely within the storage cavity; and   packing the disassembled, nested and stacked legs frames and the disassembled seats entirely inside the shipping container.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  wherein the storage cavity is a first storage cavity, further comprising storing at least one of the plurality of disassembled seats entirely within a second storage cavity formed by the nested stack of the first leg frame inside the second leg frame, the second storage cavity coinciding with the central space between the first leg frame’s brace and a bottom of the first leg frame. 
     
     
         21 . A chair, assembled of a plurality of components configured for optimal containerization for shipping, handling, and storing a selected number of the chairs, the selected number of chairs corresponding to a set of disassembled components, comprising:
 a plurality of disassembled leg frames, each including:
 a plurality of legs circumscribing a central space that is sized so that a first leg frame fits inside a second leg frame forming a nested stack arrangement of the leg frames; and 
 a brace interconnecting medial portions of the legs together; and 
   a plurality of disassembled seats, each configured to fit entirely inside a storage cavity formed by the nested stack of the first leg frame inside the second leg frame, the storage cavity coinciding with the central space from the first leg frame’s brace to the distal ends of the first leg frame’s legs.