Stowable seating
OwnerWilliam D. Solterbeckinventor
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Abstract
An activities unit combining a table or other horizontal surface with seating units is shown and described. Seating units may include both permanent or fixed individual seating units and also, at least one additional seating unit movable between a stowed position to a deployed position. Both permanent or fixed seating units and also stowable seating units may each be supported on the activities unit by an arm above floor level. This enables ready cleaning of a floor surface on which the unitized table is placed without having to move seating units out of the way. Construction of the unitized table enables utilitarian components and features which may be deemed unsightly to be concealed, for example, by wood paneling both at a table top and also a depending wall. The table top may overhang the depending wall.
Claims17
An activities unit for use on a floor, the activities unit comprising in combination:
- a table comprising a table top and a perimetric wall coupled to and depending from the table top, the table top having an overhang portion extending outside the perimetric wall;
- at least one permanent seating unit immovably coupled to the table out of contact with the floor when the activities unit is in an operable orientation on the floor, each said permanent seating unit including a permanent seating unit support arm spanning and connecting a respective permanent seating unit with the table;
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- at least one stowable seating unit and a stowable seating unit support arm retractably coupling the at least one stowable seating unit to the table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.