Bench system and method
AssigneeFindlay Machine & Tool, LLC
InventorNickolas Reinhart
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Abstract
A bench system is provided. The bench can include a seat with an opening, a plurality of rear legs and a console door. The plurality of rear legs can include a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg. The third leg can be disposed between the first leg and the second leg and have a hollow interior. The console door can be disposed adjacent to the hollow interior of the third leg and the opening of the seat. The console door can also be movable between an open position and a closed position. The bench system can include a first bench and second bench in a stacked arrangement. A method for stacking benches is also provided.
Claims19
A bench for the outdoors, comprising:
- a seat including an opening;
- a console door disposed adjacent to the opening of the seat, and movable between an open position and a closed position;
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- a plurality of rear legs including a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg, the third leg disposed between the first leg and the second leg, the third leg having a hollow interior in communication with the opening;
- wherein the opening is configured to receive a third leg of another bench for the outdoors therethrough when the another bench is stacked on the bench, the third leg of the another bench passing through the opening of the bench and into the hollow interior of the third leg of the bench.
A bench system, comprising:
- a first bench including a seat including an opening, a plurality of rear legs including a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg, the third leg disposed between the first leg and the second leg and having a hollow interior, and a console door disposed adjacent to the hollow interior of the third leg and the opening of the seat, and movable between an open position and a closed position;
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- a second bench including a seat including an opening, a plurality of rear legs including a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg, the third leg disposed between the first leg and the second leg and having a hollow interior, and a console door disposed adjacent to the hollow interior of the third leg and the opening of the seat, and movable between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein second bench is stacked atop the first bench in a stacked arrangement and the console door of the first bench is in the opened position, and the third of the second bench is disposed within the hollow interior of the third leg of the first bench.
A method for stacking a bench system, comprising:
- providing a bench system including a first bench including a seat including an opening, a plurality of rear legs including a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg, the third leg disposed between the first leg and the second leg and having a hollow interior, and a console door disposed adjacent to the hollow interior of the third leg and the opening of the seat, and movable between an open position and a closed position, and a second bench including a seat including an opening, a plurality of rear legs including a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg, the third leg disposed between the first leg and the second leg and having a hollow interior, and a console door disposed adjacent to the hollow interior of the third leg and the opening of the seat, and movable between an open position and a closed position;
- moving the console door of the first bench into the open position;
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- placing the third leg of the second bench through the opening of the seat of the first bench and into the hollow interior of third leg of the first bench.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.