Folding chair

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH A FOLDING CHAIR HAVING BACK, SEAT AND LEG MEMBERS MOVABLE FROM A FOLDED POSITION WITH THE MEMBERS IN RELATIVELY CLOSELY DISPOSED RELATIONSHIP TO AND OPEN POSITION, OF A FOLDING TABLET ARM ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TABLET ARM, MEANS PIVOTALLY SECURING ONE END OF SAID ARM IN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM IN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PLANE RELATIVE TO SAID CHAIR AND ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION OF THE LENGTH OF SAID ARM, AN ELONGATED LINK PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID SEAT MEMBER AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE FORWARD EDGE THEREOF AND ANGULARLY DISPLACEABLE IN A VERTICAL PLANE, A HINGE ASSEMBLY SECURING THE FORWARD END OF SAID TABLET ARM TO SAID LINK, SAID HINGE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PLATE SECURED OT THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TABLET ARM, A DEPENDING MEMBER HINGED TO SAID PLATE WITH THE AXIS OF SAID HINGE BEING IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGMENT WITH THE FIRST SAID AXIS, MEANS PIVOTALLY AND SLIDABLY SECURING SAID DEPENDING HINGE PORTION TO SAID LINK WHEREBY ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF THE TABLET ARM ABOUT THE FIRST SAID PIVOT AND IN A VERTICAL PLANE WILL PRODUCE CORRESPONDING ANGULAR ROTATION OF SAID LINK, AND DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID PLATE AND ABUTTING THE OUTER END OF SAID LINK WITH THE LATTER INCLINED OUTWARDLY AND UPWARDLY OF THE SEAT MEMBER WHEN THE TABLET ARM IS MOVED ABOUT SAID AXES AND INTO THE WRITING POSITION TO RETAIN SAID TABLET ARM IN THE WRITING POSITION.