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Stackable chair

A stackable chair is one which may be placed upon a like lower chair, and upon which a like chair may be placed to provide a stack of chairs. Stackable chairs are used throughout industry, the professions and especially the hotel field, and anywhere when there is a need to provide quick, easy and convenient seating for small or large groups of people. Stackable chairs are used to provide temporary seating for large numbers of persons, such as for meetings, conferences and the like. Stackable chairs occupy a small volume for storage, thus making space in a room available for other purposes. Stackable chairs are used in restaurants, auditoriums, and like places having a need to permit the seating configuration of a room to be readily changed as needs dictate. Stackable banquet chairs typically are designed to stack one atop another when not in use so as to reduce the necessary storage space. The chairs may have a padded seat cushion and a padded back support cushion. The back support is at an angle to the seat cushion and usually is essentially non-flexible. Stackable chairs are typically simply constructed and relatively inexpensive. Such chairs are often provided with glides along bottom runners to ease movement of the chair by a user. A standard stackable chair comprises a frame typically made of aluminum or steel tubing and having four floor-engaging legs, a generally horizontal seat, and a generally vertical back. The frames are constructed so that the chairs can be stacked atop one another for storage and transport. Such chairs may also each be equipped with one or two arms. Glides are usually made of a hard plastic material and these often pick up dirt particles that embed themselves in the lower surface of the glides. These dirt particles tend to remain in the glides and will thereafter cause scratches on floor surfaces on which the chair is placed.

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