Abstract: The foldable chair in accordance with the invention comprises a front frame 1 having a backrest 12 and a front leg 11, a rear frame 2 projectably holding a slide link 22 which is pivotally mounted to the front frame 1 and provided with a rear leg 21 at its down end, and a seat 3 having its side pivotally supported by the rear frame 2 near its rear end and forward of the pivot position at the rear frame 2 pivotally supported by the front frame 1.

Abstract: A foldable chair 100 comprises a front frame 1 made of pipe material with a backrest 12 provided at its top end and having a pair of front legs 11 continuously extending downward from the top end; a rear frame 2 made of pipe material having a pair of rear legs 21 continuously extending downward from its top end with a sliding shaft whose top end is pivotally mounted to the front frame 1 and whose bottom end is slidably inserted into the top end of each of the rear legs 21; and a seat 3 having its lateral sides pivotally supported near its rear side by the rear frame 2 and by the front frame i forwardly of the position supported by the rear frame 2; and is characterized by that the front frame 1 being provided with concaves 4 formed therein above the seat 3 in use by plastically transforming the pipe material, that each sliding shaft is provided at its upper end with a pivot member 51 mounted to the concave 4, and that the front and rear frames 1, 2 are so arranged that the axis of the rear leg 21 is generally