of folded stack and stackable chairs is described the apparatus includes a base frame upon which are mounted upstanding stanchions with alignment surfaces providing for the lined stacking of chairs in a sequence of chair stacking bays the chairs may be locked within fully filled bays and the entire apparatus is movable with a conventional forklift truck into rack upon rack stacking orientations on the bed of a flat bed trailer for transportation to a site or for purposes on site and warehousing storage application_number US 90016692 A description the rack apparatus of the invention serves both to facilitate the storing of folded chairs as well as their transportation to a performance site referring to fig1 a pictorial representation is provided showing an assemblage 10 of folding chair retaining racks this assemblage is formed of a plurality of rack components such as represented at rows of three vertically stacked racks as at 12 18 each of the racks within the stacks 12 18 as well as those within a second grouping 20 positioned behind racks 12 and 18 are accessed by forklift trucks such forklift trucks insert the fork components thereof within and through guide straps as shown at levels 22 24 for elevating the racks at their bases and moving them as desired similarly access to the racks is provided from.