A folding chair includes a lower assembly including a lower block and three or more legs pivotally connected to the lower block; an upper assembly including an upper block and three or more arms pivotally connected to the upper block; a middle assembly connecting the upper assembly and the lower assembly; and a flexible seat including the same number of end portions as the number of the arms, wherein each end portion is arranged at an end of each arm away from the upper block, wherein the upper block is provided with a stop portion to limit the rotation angle of the arms, and wherein the arms are retractable, the flexible seat is arranged to be in a relaxed state when the arms are in a retracted state, and in a tight state when the arms are in an extended state.

The present chair includes a scissoring straight leg and oblique support mechanism such that the chair may be folded between open and closed forms. The straight legs include lower feet and upper hubs. The oblique supports extend between the lower feet and upper hubs. The lower feet include structures that provide character to the folding chair.

An integrated hinge for connecting an article of a furniture assembly to one or more articles or a main body of the furniture assembly comprising a multi-rod rigid structure and a flexible membrane. The multi-rod rigid structure comprises two or more rods arranged in a default shape, wherein each of the rods functions as a hinge arm, and wherein the rods are lateral-rotatable or pivot-able about an intersecting or meeting point of the rods. The flexible membrane has a three-dimensional contour configured to wrap around the multi-rod rigid structure tightly, fixing the multi-rod rigid structure in its default shape. The flexible membrane can be configured to wrap around the integrated hinge and articles of furniture assembly forming a single integrated furniture piece. The elasticity in the flexible membrane turns the integrated hinge into a spring hinge.

A tension-compression base structure includes tension elements (such as flexible cables or ropes) and compression elements (such as rigid legs) with a slidably adjustable path for the tension elements around or within the compression elements, thereby enabling a degree of adaptability to support surfaces that may not be ideally flat, such as on outdoor terrain. Such a tension-compression base may be used to support a platform that may be desirably held in a preferred orientation irrespective of terrain irregularities. Height adjustment of the platform can be achieved via a telescoping mechanism, a gas spring, or the like, at the one or both ends of the compression members of the structure. A spring or other compliant member inline with the “loop” tension member can be included. The spring also can remove the requirement for fine adjustments of tension elements during normal service. The spring can benefit various tension-compression base structures.

A folding chair includes a right seat receiver, right front and rear legs, right armrest, a right armrest post, a right leg connecting member, a right backrest support, first and second right front support, and first and second right rear supports; a left seat receiver, left front and rear legs, a left armrest, a left armrest post, a left leg connecting member, a left backrest support, first and second left front support, and first and second left rear supports; a middle seat receiver, middle front and rear legs, a middle seat receiver post, a middle leg connecting member, a middle backrest support; a seat; and a backrest. These components are connected to one another that the folding chair can be collapsed into a bundle to be conveniently portable without occupying too much space; and the folding chair extended from the collapsed state provides improved stability and load capacity.

A folding chair includes a right seat receiver, right front and rear legs, a right armrest, a right armrest post, a right leg connecting member, a right backrest support, first and second right front support, and first and second right rear supports; a left seat receiver, left front and rear legs, a left armrest, a left armrest post, a left leg connecting member, a left backrest support, first and second left front support, and first and second left rear supports; a middle seat receiver, middle front and rear legs, a middle seat receiver post, a middle leg connecting member, a middle backrest support; a seat; and a backrest. These components are connected to one another that the folding chair can be collapsed into a bundle to be conveniently portable without occupying too much space; and the folding chair extended from the collapsed state provides improved stability and load capacity.

Embodiments provide a foldable chair frame, it includes an intermediate connecting device including a main body, a block, a first rotating piece and a second rotating piece, the block being provided in an inner cavity of the main body and capable to slide up and down along the inner cavity, the first rotating piece and the second rotating piece being pivoted in an opening groove of the main body and capable to rotate around a pivot point; a plurality of leg tubes pivoted to a periphery of the intermediate connecting device through the first rotating piece; a plurality of front seat tubes and backrest tubes pivoted to the periphery of the intermediate connecting device through the second rotating piece. The present disclosure connects each tube to the intermediate connecting device to make the foldable chair more stable.

A foldable chair includes a lower hub assembly and an upper hub assembly. The lower hub assembly has foldable legs for supporting the chair. The upper hub assembly has a plurality of bars, and webbing mounted on the bars. The bars are movable so that the webbing can be folded and unfolded. The webbing provides a seating area when unfolded. The chair also includes a center shaft assembly that facilitates tilting and swiveling of the seating area in relation to the lower hub assembly.

A folding chair includes U-shaped first to fourth supporting frame members, U-shaped first to third legs, inverted U-shaped first and second armrests, first to fourth seat receivers, first to fourth front supports, first to fourth rear supports, first to fourth front connecting members, first to fourth rear connecting members, first to third backrest supports, a seat and a backrest. All these members can be smoothly pivotally turned about corresponding couplers or unions, enabling the folding chair to be collapsed into a slim-folded state to occupy a very small space and be easily portable, or be fully extended from the collapsed state to provide improved stability and load capacity in use.

A collapsible sheltered bench operable to have a first collapsed configuration and a second erect configuration. The sheltered bench includes a base member comprising a bench surface for sitting. The sheltered bench further includes a canopy member having first and second support members and a cover. In the erect configuration the first and second support members extend from a first side of the sitting surface to a second substantially opposed side of the sitting surface along opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the sitting surface. The first and second support members support the cover such that the cover extends over at least a portion of the sitting surface.