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Unitary disposable chair formable from fiberboard in one machine pass, with comfort-contoured inner reinforcement

CA 1314471 C · Owner: Kelley, James L. · Inventors: Volpe, James R.; Kelley, James L.

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This chair folds flat for storage and shipment or, unfolds and sets up for use, in only a few (e. g. three to five) seconds. Even though it is strong and stable the, chair can be made from one simple blank of five rectangular panels, two smaller panels and a glue tab using only two, glue joints. Its lower part a rectangular glued tube, has, a vertical seat-support panel across the inside parallel, to two of the outer walls -- so the support panel though, preglued in place, folds and unfolds with the tube. The upper part of the chair is an extension of the tube but, the front panel folds inward, backward and downward to, form a seat that spans the tube supported by the front and, …

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  • Granted March 16, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 16, 2010.
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FiledApril 24, 1989
GrantedMarch 16, 1993
Term endedMarch 16, 2010
Patent numberCA 1314471 C
Classification (IPC)A47C4/00

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1990199319961999200220052008Application filedApril 24, 1989Patent grantedMarch 16, 1993Term endedMarch 16, 2010

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