Independent folding tablet arm chair

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH A CHAIR HAVING A SEAT AND A BACK REST EXTENDING ABOVE SAID SEAT, OF AN INDEPENDENTLY FOLDING ARM REST ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BAR HAVING ONE END PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED FROM SAID BACK REST UPON A TRANSVERSE AXIS ABOVE SAID SEAT, A GUIDE PLATE SUPPORTED FROM SAID BAR FOR LIMITED LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO AND DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID AXIS, A GUIDE PLATE BEING PROVIDED WITH A GENERALLY LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING GUIDEWAY SHAPED TO DEFINE, NEAR ITS END REMOTE FROM SAID AXIS, A GENERALLY V-SHAPED DIP, THE TRANSVERSE WIDTH OF SAID GUIDEWAY, MEASURED IN SAID PLANE, BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT EXCEPT FOR AN ENLARGEMENT IN THE REGION OF THE NADIR OF SAID DIP, A RIGID LINK HAVING ITS LOWER END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SEAT UPON A SECOND AXIS PARALLEL WITH SAID FIRST-NAMED AXIS AND HAVING ITS UPPER AND SLIDABLY CONFINED FOR MOVEMENT ALONG SAID GUIDEWAY, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED BRIDGE MEANS FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID BAR AND COOPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID GUIDEWAY IN THE WIDENED REGION THEREOF, THE NADIR OF SAID DIP BEING DISPOSED AT ONE SIDE OF THE APEX OF SAID BRIDGE MEANS WHEN SAID GUIDE PLATE IS AT ONE LIMIT OF ITS MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID BAR, AND BEING DISPOSED AT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID BRIDGE MEANS APEX WHEN SAID GUIDE PLATE IS AT THE OPPOSITE LIMIT OF ITS MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID BAR.