An article of furniture includes a seat frame, first and second spaced apart seat connectors, a plurality of elongated seat panels, first and second spaced apart back post connectors, and a plurality of elongated back panels. The seat connectors and the back connectors include an upper bulbous member, a lower bulbous member, and a web disposed therebetween. The panels include first and second spaced apart channels therein with cutouts extending from the channels and opening onto a surface of the seat panels. The channels of the seat panels are receivable on t upper bulbous members of the spaced apart seat connectors to form a seat, and the channels of the back panels are receivable on the front bulbous members of the spaced apart back connectors to form a back.

A stowaway compact rocker having a set-up condition and a collapsed and bundled condition comprises a stationary chair frame base; a movable seating chair frame adapted for rocking movement relative to the stationary chair frame base; and a rocker mechanism operatively connected between the stationary chair frame base and the movable seating chair frame. The stationary chair frame base comprises a central axle tube; a pair of leg plates disposed on the central axle tube; front leg tubes; and rear legs tubes, each leg tube being adapted for connection to a leg plate. The movable seating chair frame comprises a pair of seat tube plates mounted on the central axle tube for rotation thereabout; seat member tubes, each being adapted for connection to a respective one of the seat tube plates; and back-rest tubes, each being adapted for connection to a respective one of the seat tube plates.

A kit of parts, shippable to an end user in boxes for assembly of the parts by the end user into seating furniture, includes seat bases and seat backs removably attachable to the seat bases; a first armrest with a channel connector having a first channel for slidably receiving a first slide member of a first seat base for securing the first armrest and the first seat base together; and a second armrest with at least a second slide member for slidable insertion into a second channel of another channel connector of a second seat base for securing the second armrest and the second seat base together. Each channel connector secured to the first seat base has a third channel for receiving a third slide member of a slide connector of any other seat base for securing together said other seat base and the first seat base.

An active seating apparatus having a seat, a post configured for selectively engaging and supporting the seat and having a lower end opposite the upper end and seat formed with a post locking feature, and a base having an upper wall and an upwardly-opening receiver formed in the upper wall configured for selective removable receipt of the lower end of the post, the receiver having a receiver locking feature configured for selective locking engagement with the post locking feature upon insertion of the post within the base in selectively and securely assembling the post on the base through engagement of the post and receiver locking features, the surface-to-surface locking engagement between the post locking feature and the receiver locking feature being no more than twenty percent of the overall surface-to-surface contact between the lower end of the post and the receiver of the base.

A unique and novel ready to assembly chair base is broken down into several component parts so that it can be packed in a smaller volume of space, and then easily assembled by the consumer. The chair base is formed in a manner that the base comes apart into at least two components. A first removable leg component and a second hub component consists of a central support with a tapered hole therein, a plurality of fixed legs and a truncated leg receiver configured and arranged receive and retain the removable leg component when the chair is assembled.

A multi-use flat pack product includes two side panels each with a pair of upper slots and two end panels each with a pair of lower slots. The two side panels are respectively engageable with the two end panels without tools or additional connectors via engagements between the upper slots and the lower slots to define a four-sided construction. A base plate is positionable inside the four-sided construction.

A foldable chair includes a main plate and a support plate. The support plate is hinged along a first rim to a rear side, along a central, longitudinal, top-down, axis, of the main plate. The main plate has a seat plate and a foot-rest plate each hinged along an upper edge to the main plate in corresponding apertures of the main plate. The support plate includes bracket portions extending, in the plane of the support plate, from the first rim, in each corresponding position corresponding to the apertures, for pushing the plates up to an operative position and supporting each of the seat plate and the foot-rest plate in an unfolded, operative, position when the plane of the support plate is arranged perpendicular to the plane of the main plate.

A chair is disclosed herein of the kind that is shipped disassembled in a compact shipping package to be assembled by the end user without the use of tools. The chair has a pair of user actuated height and tilt control paddles by which the elevation of the seat and the tilt of the seat and back of the chair can be adjusted relative to the base which holds the seat above the ground. In one embodiment, the height and tilt control paddles are removably attached to the seat at respective paddle receivers connected to the bottom of the seat. In another embodiment, the height and tilt control paddles are removably received by respective paddle cavities formed in the arms of the chair. By removing the paddles from their paddle receivers or paddle cavities, the parts of the disassembled chair may be more efficiently packaged for shipment.

The present disclosure discloses a base, including a front seat, front seat connectors arranged at left and right ends of the front seat, two side seats with a preset interval, and side seat front connectors arranged on the side seats and suitable for being connected to the front seat connectors; each side seat front connector is provided with an assembly base surface; positioning units are arranged on the assembly base surfaces; each front seat connector is provided with an assembly fitting surface making contact with the corresponding assembly base surface; positioning cutoffs for limiting final assembly positions of the front seat connectors on the side seat front connectors are arranged on the assembly fitting surfaces; and first guiding pathways and second guiding pathways for guiding the positioning units to reach the positioning cutoffs in a first assembly direction and a second assembly direction are arranged on the assembly fitting surfaces. The present disclosure further discloses an assembly sofa with the base. The present disclosure has the beneficial effects of being convenient to assemble and highly firm and stable after being assembled.

A compactly packageable sofa includes a seat back, a seat cushion, two arm panels and a zippered flap. In the assembled state of the sofa, the seat cushion and the seat back are held between the arm panels, and the zippered flap is attached to both the seat back and the seat cushion. The seat back does not contact the seat cushion in the assembled state of the sofa. In the compact state of the sofa, the seat back, the seat cushion and the arm panels are not attached to one another. Instead, the arm panels fit inside a compartment under the seat cushion. The flap is not attached to both the seat back and the seat cushion in the compact state of the sofa. In the compact state, the sofa is contained in a packing box whose width is only slightly greater than the depth of the seat cushion.