Abstract: A seating element as noted herein, is attachable to a folding metal chair, the seating element includes a base portion having front, back, and side edges. The base portion includes an articulating shape from the front edge to the back edge including a convex arcuate rise and fall combined with a concave arcuate descension blending into a flat surface of the base portion such that the front edge of the base portion is lower in height than the back edge of the base portion. The back wall is disposed at the back edge and a front wall is disposed at the front edge. The bottom edges of the base portion are attached to descending outer side walls. The seating element is securable to the metal folding chair by engagement at least two of the back wall, front wall, and side walls over a seat of the chair.