A bungee chair is a chair that has bungee cords or bands incorporated in its assembly. While the chair’s legs and armrests are usually made with traditional materials such as plastic

Plastic

A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids used in the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular mass, and may contain other substances to improve performance and/or reduce production costs...

, metal

Metal

A metal , is an element, compound, or alloy that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat. Metals are usually malleable and shiny, that is they reflect most of incident light...

 or wood

Wood

Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...

, the seating and back portions of the chair are made with bungee.

Bungee chairs are noted for their distinctive style and form http://www.bookofjoe.com/2006/01/bungee_chair.html. The open spaces between each bungee band tend to give the chair a unique sense of breathability

Breathability

Breathability is the ability of a fabric to allow moisture vapor to be transmitted through the material.-Mechanism:Air Permeability is the ability of a fabric to allow air to pass through it...

and ‘bounce’. The chair’s bungee bands can be either rounded or flattened, and the number of bands on each make of bungee chair may vary.

Types of bungee chairs include office chairs, lounge chairs and folding chairs http://bungee-chair.com/2007/02/21/so-what-does-a-real-bungee-chair-look-like/. A relatively obscure form of chair a decade ago, the bungee chair is now common in many retail locations.