Talk:Folding chair

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New York Times: "a white folding chair — an unlikely weapon that one man was seen wielding over his head during the encounter — has emerged as a joking-but-not-really symbol of resistance against perceived racial aggression." CC Montgomery Riverfront brawl

Nathaniel Alexander[edit]

Nathaniel Alexander's patent in 1911 predates the one mentioned in the article by decades and perhaps should be mentioned in the article?

https://patents.google.com/patent/US997108A/en

Whereas the link references as the source for the listed patents appears to be a dead link. 2600:4040:7A91:7500:0:0:0:1000 (talk) 15:09, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nathaniel Alexander's chair is super cool. I think it should be added for completeness. However US Patent US-0013479-A predates Mr. Alexander's patent as it was issued in 1855-08-21 to a Mr. John Cram. Reading his patent he states "I do not lay claim to the broad ground of making a chair so that its parts may fold together; nor do I claim the mode of arranging and combining or connecting the parts of a folding chair--wherein the seat is made a part of the back legs and is not connected to them by the turning or front legs and connecting links as is the case in a chair which has been the subject of an application for a patent by one J. Middleton"

I couldn't find the patent by J. Middleton that John Cram describes. Geopoliticus Child (talk) 04:21, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]