Abstract: An improved sling seat for a folding chair of the type having a frame constructed of a plurality of pivotally connected strut members supporting a sling seat. The sling seat improvement including a plurality of fold lines which radiate outwardly from a common point on the centerline of the sling. The fold lines permitting a thick semi-inflexible fabric sling seat of this pattern to fold, in a non-crumpled wrinkle-free form, with the frame, thereby allowing the frame to fold more compactly than previously with such fabric slings and allowing this sling seat to remain upon the folded frame for simple storage or transport.