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

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]