Chairs
Padded Folding Chair Rentals
There is a point around the ninety-minute mark where a moulded seat stops being acceptable and an audience starts shifting. This is the chair you book when the programme runs past it.
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Specifications
High-density foam, front and back.
Foam in the seat and in the back, over a back tall enough to support shoulders rather than stopping at the small of the spine. Twelve pounds a chair, with an ergonomic handle moulded into the back frame — a detail that sounds minor until a room has to be reset between two sessions.
| Frame | Matte black metal |
|---|---|
| Upholstery | Black |
| Padding | High-density foam, seat and back |
| Back | High-back, oversized seat |
| Folded dimensions | 19.5" L × 8.85" W × 44.29" H |
| Weight | Approx. 12 lb per chair |
| Static weight capacity | 300 lb |
| Carry handle | Moulded into the back frame |
| Assembly | None — arrives fully assembled |
Where the sit is long
Six programmes that keep people in the seat.
Half-day conferences
Two content blocks and a break. The chair has to be comfortable at minute ninety rather than at minute ten, which is a padding question rather than a design one.
AGMs and board meetings
A formal room, a fixed agenda and no way for anybody to stand up and walk about. The high back is what makes the second hour bearable.
Training days
Seated work with a notebook, which puts a person forward in the seat rather than back in it. An oversized seat pan is doing the work here more than the backrest is.
Awards dinners with a speaking programme
Guests seated through six speakers between courses. Padding is the difference between a room that stays and a room that drifts to the bar.
Houses of worship and community halls
Regular seated services in a room that also has to become something else during the week. It folds to 8.85 inches deep, so a full set stores against a wall.
Seminars and panel rooms
Where the seating is in shot behind the panel. Black frame, black fabric, no branding and nothing shiny — furniture that photographs as a room rather than as a rental order.
What goes in front of them
Rows of these usually face a table.
Registration on the way in, a panel table at the front, a catering line at the break. All three are the same banquet table in different places. Putting them on one request means one delivery window rather than two.
See the banquet tables