A folding chair 10, in particular a stairlift chair, has a seat base 11 displaceable between a substantially horizontal in-use position and a folded position, a backrest 12 and a pair of armrests 13 having proximal ends 40 at or adjacent to said backrest 12 and distal ends 41, the chair 10 includes a linkage 16 connecting the seat base 11 and the armrests 13 configured to cause the distal ends 41 of the armrests 13 to be displaced toward one another as the seat base 11 is displaced along a folding direction into said folded position and the linkage is further configured to cause the armrests 13 to be displaced in the folding direction toward the backrest 12 as the seat base is 11 displaced from the in-use position to the folded position.
Improvements in or relating to folding chairs
2023-01-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English