CHIP resin folding and stacking chairs

SOLID...As a ROCK

The LOAD rests on the two bars supporting the seat, NOT on the screws as on similar chairs.

All Drake folding chairs must comply with our 500lb. of static vertical weight standard. FEDERAL SPECIFICATION AA-C-291F

MATERIAL

The material used at Drake is a composite multi-layer techno-polymer which allows the manufacturing of the strongest (tested at 500lb.) and lightest (10lbs, only) special event resin chairs on the market.

CHIP chairs are manufactured with a TWO COMPONENT RESIN (CO-INJECTION) plus GAS system -  the highest standards in plastic manufacturing.

The result is an outer, smooth all weather resistant aesthetic skin, and an inner expanded closed cell modified resin with high mechanical resistance that behaves like a bone and gives exceptional strength to the chair.

COMPARATIVE TEST

Chip chairs are strong, no doubt, they are indeed performing better than chairs with metallic reinforcement both in static weight tests and dynamic weight tests (Chair Drop Functional Load – A 300 lb weight is positioned 6” above the seat of the chair and allowed to free-fall onto the center of the seat).
Just to give you an idea, we took the best chair with metallic reinforcement from the competition:

STATIC/vertical static load testings:
• Chip chairs average load before failure: 2200 lbs.
• Competitor’s best chairs chairs average load before failure: 1500 lbs.

DYNAMIC/with a 300lbs. weight drop @ 6" above center seat:
• 100% Chip chairs remain intact
• 60% of the Competitor’s best chairs fail (the seat breaks)

and I am talking about the regular Chip chairs, not the stronger new model containing fiberglass.

For more information, Please read the detailed report on Chairs with metallic inserts:

What About Competition: CHIP Testing

DIMENSIONS

Our resin chairs are folding, stacking (horizontally and vertically), and come equipped with an interlocking feature that makes moving and storing them quite simple. They are strong, durable, weatherproof, UV protected, don't need painting and require very little maintenance. Our chairs can be used with chair washing machines.

flat chair dimensions: 17 3/8" x 35" x 2 1/3"
net weight: 10 pounds including padded seat.

STACK OF 25 CHAIRS: h=58.5”
STACK OF 30 CHAIRS: h=70”
STACK OF 50 CHAIRS: h=117”

SHIPPING

Chairs come in a box of 5 ea.,
18"x36"x13" at 52 pounds
CLASS 85

SAMPLES

Samples come in a box of 1ea.:
18"x42"x3" at 11 pounds

FOLDING CHAIR CLEANING

"How do I clean my resin folding chairs?" is probably the most common question that our customers submit. We usually suggest:

clean with water and mild soap for dust and common dirt of the everyday use. On dark colors you will only need to remove dust
when “hard to clean” marks are found on the WHITE chairs ONLY, SOFT SCRUB or equivalent products are a good alternative
if heavier dirt is found on our chairs they can be washed with steam. It can take out almost every kind of dirt and the oily greasy spots. This is a little more radical of the treatment, and attention must be paid to the temperatures involved in order not to melt the chairs. The operating 212°F-230°F temperature range is considered safe. Steam cleaning should be performed from time to time and only when really needed.

And....yes, Drake resin folding chairs both Structure and Chip, can be washed in automatic chair washing machines. We do not supply "CLEAN CHAIR" machines, but you can contact the manufacturer directly:

L&M MFG
212 White Rock Drive
Chapin, SC 29036
Tel.: 800 781 4967
Fax: (803) 781 0213

FOLDING CHAIR HANDLING

The best way is folding them, stack them, cover them, and tighten.
A chair pallet protecting the first chair of the stack is a must.
With regular chair pallet you can move the chairs using a hand-truck conveniently. At Drake, we supply chair pallets that can be used both with hand truck for deliveries, and with pallet-jacks for warehouse moving of multiple stacks at a time.
Some of our customers use PE film to wrap the chairs for storage or transportation.
Bright side: PE film is cheap.
Problem: using PE film protects the chairs from the warehouse to the customer, but very seldom workers take the same care in packing to bring the chairs back from the customer to the warehouse after the event.
We supply covers, which are strong, protective, and easy to use for every chair move (both to and from the customer). When you are using a cover: that's it, chair-handlers must use it every time, even for re-pack from the customer to your warehouse, because it is there, and it is easy to put on the stack.
25 chairs per stack is a good number because it eases up counting.
Picture showing a stack of 25 chairs on a new Drake chair pallet, protected and tightened with the new water resistant stack cover. Strapping on the cover, secures the chairs to the pallet during move in out operations. Lateral zipping eases-up covering the chair stacks.

NOTICE: DO NOT USE COTTON COVERS WITH RESIN CHAIRS, as the static electricity produced by the two materials combined, attracts dust and any kind of dirt.

FOLDING CHAIR HANDLING 2

WHAT IF I CANNOT USE STACKS?
This happens when your customers are picking up the chairs themselves, and the means of transportation that they use are not standard (they might range from a 2 seat convertible, to a minivan, or a pick-up truck). In this situation, the smartest thing to do is: BAG THEM.

We do not supply chair bags, but on the market you can find excellent suppliers like:

Argo Bag & Box Inc.,
25 Reinhardt Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470,
Tel. 800-604-3456,
Fax 201 790 8111

NOTICE: DO NOT STORE RESIN CHAIRS IN COTTON BAGS FOR A PROLONGED TIME as the static electricity produced by the two materials combined, attracts dust and any kind of dirt.

This Nylon,with inner PVC coat heavy duty water resistant chair stack cover, for transportation and storage is taylored for a 25 folding chair stack.

• 4 pneumatic wheels/10"
• Expanded metal backguard
• Aluminum fenders protect load from tires
• MAX LOAD: 500LBS.

Shipped KD (flat), assembly required.