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A FOLDING CHAIR THAT COMPRISES; (A) A REAR FRAME WHICH INCLUDES REAR LEGS, AN INVERTED U-SHAPED PORTION, AND INCLINED PORTIONS INTERMEDIATE AND CONNECTING SAID REAR LEGS AND SAID INVERTED USHAPED PORTION, (B) SLEEVES SECURED TO SAID REAR FRAME ADJACENT THE UPPER ENDS OF THE FRONT SURFACES OF SAID REAR LEGS, (C) SAID SLEEVES INCLINING FORWARDLY AND ALSO INCLINING INWARDLY WHENEVER SAID CHAIR IS IN ITS OPEN POSITION, (D) A FRONT LEG THAT GENERALLY HAS THE CONFIGURATION OF AN INVERTED J, (E) THE SHORT ARM OF SAID FRONT LEG TELESCOPING DOWNWARDLY INTO ONE OF SAID SLEEVES AND BEING CONFINED AND GUIDED BY SAID ONE SLEEVE, (F) INTERACTING SURFACES ON SAID ONE SLEEVE AND ON THE SHORT ARM OF SAID FRONT LEG THAT HOLD SAID FRONT LEG IN ASSEMBLED RELATION WITH SAID REAR FRAME WHILE PERMITTING SAID FRONT LEG TO ROTATE TO SAID REAR FRAME, (G) SAID INTERACTING SURFACES INCLUDING A GROOVE IN SAID SHORT ARM OF SAID FRONT LEG AND A PROTUBERANCE AT THE INTERIOR OF SAID ONE SLEEVE, (H) A SECOND FRONT LEG THAT GENERALLY HAS THE CONFIGURATION OF AN INVERTED J, (I) THE SHORT ARM OF SAID SECOND FRONT LEG TELESCOPING DOWNWARDLY INTO THE OTHER OF SAID SLEEVES, AND BEING CONFINED AND GUIDED BY SAID OTHER SLEEVE, (J) FURTHER INTERACTING SURFACES ON SAID OTHER SLEEVE AND ON THE SHORT ARM OF SAID SECOND FRONT LEG THAT HOLD SAID SECOND FRONT LEG IN ASSEMBLED RELATION WITH SAID REAR FRAME WHILE PERMITTING SAID SECOND FRONT LEG TO ROTATE RELATIVE TO SAID REAR FRAME, (K) SAID FURTHER INTERACTING SURFACES INCLUDING A GROOVE IN SAID SHORT ARM OF SAID SECOND FRONT LEG AND A PROTUBERANCE AT THE INTERIOR OF SAID OTHER SLEEVE, (L) A BACK REST WITH SPLIT SLEEVES THEREON THAT ARE SNAPPED OVER PARTS OF THE PERIPHERY OF SAID INVERTED U-SHAPED PORTION OF SAID REAR FRAME, AND (M) A SEAT, (N) SAID SEAT HAVING A PLURALITY OF ALIGNED SPLIT SLEEVES THAT ARE SNAPPED OVER THE CLOSED END OF THE FIRST SAID FRONT LEG TO PERMIT ROTATION OF SAID SEAT RELATIVE TO THE FIRST SAID FRONT LEG WHILE HOLDING SAID SEAT IN ASSEMBLED RELATION WITH THE FIRST SAID FRONT LEG, (O) SAID SEAT HAVING FURTHER ALIGNED SPLIT SLEEVES THAT CAN BE SELECTIVELY SNAPPED INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMETN WITH THE CLOSED END OF SAID SECOND FRONT LEG, (P) THE PORTIONS OF THE SHORT ARMS OF SAID FRONT LEGS WHICH EXTEND UPWARDLY FROM SAID SLEEVES BEING INCLINED FORWARDLY AT A SHARP ANGLE RELATIVE TO SAID SLEEVES, (Q) THE FORWARD INCLINATIONS OF SAID PORTIONS OF THE SHORT ARMS OF SAID FRONT LEGS COACTING WITH THE FORWARD AND INWARD INCLINATIONS OF SAID SLEEVES TO ENABLE A USER''S WEIGHT TO PROVIDE BINDING AND CLAMPING FORCES WHICH WILL TAKE UP ANY LOOSENESS BETWEEN SAID FRONT LEGS AND SAID SLEEVES, AND HENCE BETWEEN SAID FRONT LEGS AND SAID REAR FRAME OF SAID CHAIR, (R) SAID FURTHER ALIGNED SPLIT SLEEVES BEING SELECTIVELY SEPARABLE FROM THE CLOSED END OF SAID SECOND FRONT LEG TO ENABLE SAID SEAT TO BE ROTATED UPWARDLY INTO THE PLANE DEFINED BY THE FIRST SAID FRONT LEG, (S) SAID SECOND FRONT LEG BEING ROTATABLE CLOSE TO THE PLANE OF SAID REAR FRAME, AND THE FIRST SAID FRONT LEG AND SAID SEAT THEREAFTER BEING ROTATABLE CLOSE TO SAID PLANE OF SAID REAR FRAME, WHEREBY SAID CHAIR CAN BE FOLDED SO IT IS COMPACT, (T) SAID FRONT LEGS HAVING THE LOWER ENDS OF THE LONG ARMS THEREOF EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY BELOW THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID REAR LEGS, WHENEVER SAID CHAIR IS FOLDED, TO KEEP SAID FRONT LEGS FROM SWINGING LOOSELY WHEN SAID CHAIR IS IN ITS FOLDED POSITION AND IS RESTING ON ITS LEGS, (U) THE INWARD INCLINATIONS OF SAID SLEEVES CAUSING THE LOWER ENDS OF THE LONG ARMS OF SAID FRONT LEGS TO MOVE VERTICALLY UPWARDLY, RELATIVE TO THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID REAR LEGS, AS SAID FRONT LEGS ARE ROTATED FROM THEIR FOLDED TO THEIR OPEN POSITIONS, (V) SAID REAR LEGS AND SAID INVERTED U-SHAPED PORTION AND SAID INCLINED PORTIONS BEING UNITARY.