Abstract: A folding chair defined by a U-shaped rest, a seat, a pair of vertically extending front legs and a pair of obliquely downwardly extending rear legs, wherein the rest, the front legs and the rear legs are connected together for pivotal movement about a first transverse axis. Each rear leg is provided with a slider to which first, second and third struts are connected for pivotal movement about a second transverse axis, with the first strut being connected to the rest, the second strut being connected to the seat and the third strut being connected to a front leg for pivotal movement about third, fourth and fifth transverse axes, respectively. The seat is connected to the front legs for pivotal movement about a sixth transverse axis and is supported on the pair of sliders. All first and third struts are disposed in the same plane, intersecting a surface defined by the pair of rear legs.