A ready-to-assemble (RTA) sofa suitable for outdoor use comprising a seat base and a back rest that can be reconfigured between a use configuration in which the sofa has a conventional L-shaped cross-section and a shipping or storage configuration in which the sofa is arranged in a more efficiently stacked rectangular cross-section. The rectangular cross-section allows the sofa to be more efficiently stacked with other sofas during shipping or storage. In addition, the rectangular cross-section reduces the dead spaces created when an L-shaped sofa is inserted into a box that can collapse during shipping or storage. Moreover, providing a single rigid integral component, the seat base, as an internal skeletal component, provides vertical support extending substantially the height of the box at the opposing ends, provides a highly robust boxed package.

A ready-to-assemble (RTA) sofa suitable for outdoor use comprising a seat base and a back rest that can be reconfigured between a use configuration in which the sofa has a conventional L-shaped cross-section and a shipping or storage configuration in which the sofa is arranged in a more efficiently stacked rectangular cross-section. The rectangular cross-section allows the sofa to be more efficiently stacked with other sofas during shipping or storage. In addition, the rectangular cross-section reduces the dead spaces created when an L-shaped sofa is inserted into a box that can collapse during shipping or storage. Moreover, providing a single rigid integral component, the seat base, as an internal skeletal component, provides vertical support extending substantially the height of the box at the opposing ends, provides a highly robust boxed package.

The present invention relates to the furniture field, in particular outdoor furniture; even more particularly, it relates to a kit configuration of a sofa, armchair, chair or similar item of garden furniture or interior furniture and the relative mounting method.

A portable chair may include a first front leg and a second front leg connected by a front sled and a first back leg and a second back leg connected by a back sled. The first front leg and the first back leg may be pivotally connected to a sliding pivot on an armrest, where the sliding pivot moves relative to the armrest to adjust the chair from an upright position to a reclined position. The seat assembly may include a fabric member that is attached secured to a seat frame by a plurality of fabric retention members. In some examples, the portable chair may include a fabric member is releasably connected to the seat frame and back frame and also extends from a forward rail of the seat frame to a top rail of the back frame.

A portable chair may include a first front leg and a second front leg connected by a front sled and a first back leg and a second back leg connected by a back sled. The first front leg and the first back leg may be pivotally connected to a sliding pivot on an armrest, where the sliding pivot moves relative to the armrest to adjust the chair from an upright position to a reclined position. The seat assembly may include a fabric member that is attached secured to a seat frame by a plurality of fabric retention members. In some examples, the portable chair may include a fabric member is releasably connected to the seat frame and back frame and also extends from a forward rail of the seat frame to a top rail of the back frame.

Disclosed herein are assembled and unassembled items of furniture and methods of fabricating the components of items of furniture, methods of packaging the components of items of furniture, and methods of assembling items of furniture. The disclosed items of furniture have at least two legs and a working portion comprising two overhangs and a top with an upper surface and a lower surface. Some embodiments also include a back portion. Each leg has a lower portion and an upper portion that meet at an interface. The lower portion resides below the lower surface, and the upper portion resides above the lower surface. Each leg extends through the top through a hole that has a perimeter that is smaller than the perimeter of the lower portion at the interface and larger than the perimeter of the upper portion at the interface.

A frame for steel furniture and a frame assembly, wherein the frame has a simple structure due to having a press groove and a bent bar formed in a hollow bar, is easily assembled through a connecting part or the like, thus greatly reducing manufacturing, installation, and maintenance costs, and can be expanded as in various embodiments. The frame, which is for steel furniture and formed by a hollow rectangular bar, is characterized in that: the corner of the rectangular bar is press-processed by a jig having a predetermined thickness, thereby forming the press groove in two surfaces contacting the corner; the bent bar having an L-shape forms inside the hollow rectangular bar while the press groove is being formed; and threads for fastening a fastening screw are formed on one surface of the bent bar, wherein the one surface faces the press groove.

The invention discloses a lightweight folding chair, comprising a chair seat and a bottom bracket assembly; the assembly comprises a frame member in the middle that comprises left rear, right rear, left front, and right front connectors, and rear, left, front, and right horizontal tubes that sequentially connect the left rear, right rear, left front, and right front connectors together; a backrest tube is connected to each upper end of the left rear and right rear connectors through the elastic cord; an upper support tube is connected to each upper end of the left front and right front connectors through the elastic cord. The angle of the leg tube is small and the stress is good during use; after the invention is folded, the components are brought close together, the folded volume is smaller, which does not occupy much space and is more convenient to be carried and transported.

The invention discloses a lightweight folding chair, comprising a chair seat and a bottom bracket assembly; the assembly comprises a frame member in the middle that comprises left rear, right rear, left front, and right front connectors, and rear, left, front, and right horizontal tubes that sequentially connect the left rear, right rear, left front, and right front connectors together; a backrest tube is connected to each upper end of the left rear and right rear connectors through the elastic cord; an upper support tube is connected to each upper end of the left front and right front connectors through the elastic cord. The angle of the leg tube is small and the stress is good during use; after the invention is folded, the components are brought close together, the folded volume is smaller, which does not occupy much space and is more convenient to be carried and transported.

A portable frame apparatus and associated methods of use are disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame. The frame includes a first support member, a second support member, and at least one connecting member. The connecting member is configured to be coupled to the first support member at a first end of the connecting member and to the second support member at a second end of the connecting member. The first support member, the second support member and the connecting member form a rigid structure that provides support to a user of the portable frame apparatus.