Deck seating assembly
OwnerEdward Lafe Altshulerinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments describing a seat deck panel that is defined by at least an outer perimeter. The outer perimeter includes: a base edge, a seat edge and a cap rail edge that are parallel to one another and extend in a horizontal direction, a base-to-seat edge that joins the base edge joins the seat edge, a back rest edge that joins the seat edge to the cap rail edge, the back rest edge is at an angle α from the horizontal direction between 65° and 90° from the horizontal direction, a rear edge that extends between the cap rail edge and at least to the base edge. The seat deck panel can cooperate with a plurality of other like seat deck panels to be mounted to a deck and assembled with seat planks for outdoor deck seating.
Claims20
A deck seat support stay comprising:
- a front face of a sheet metal front panel defined by at least an outer front perimeter that includes a base edge, a seat edge and a cap rail edge that are parallel to one another and extend in a horizontal direction,
- a base-to-seat edge that joins the base edge and joins the seat edge,
- a back rest edge that joins the seat edge to the cap rail edge, the back rest edge is at an angle β from the horizontal direction between 65° and 90° from the horizontal direction,
- a rear edge that extends between the cap rail edge and at least to the base edge;
- a back face of a sheet metal back panel defined by an outer back perimeter that is substantially a mirror-image of the sheet metal front panel;
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- said sheet metal front panel and said sheet metal back panel are joined and spaced apart via stay sides forming a hollow box structure, wherein the sheet metal front panel, the sheet metal back panel and the stay sides are less than 0.3 inches thick and wherein said deck seat support stay is attached to a patio deck.
A deck seat stay comprising:
- a unitary front panel consisting of sheet metal that is less than 0.3 inches thick with a perimeter that includes a base edge defined in a horizontal direction, a base-to-seat edge extending from the base edge to a seat edge, the base edge joins the seat edge at a seat edge leading end, the seat edge is vertically above the base edge, a back rest edge extending at an angle β between 60° and 90° from the horizontal direction and terminating at a cap rail edge, the back rest edge extending in a positive direction from a seat edge trailing end, the cap rail edge extending in the horizontal direction and terminating into a rear edge, the rear edge extending between the base edge to the cap rail edge at an angle α from the horizontal direction between 65° and 90° from the horizontal direction;
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- a unitary back panel that is substantially identical and a mirror image of the unitary front panel, the unitary back panel joined to the unitary front panel via a perimeter side that spans the perimeter, the perimeter side is less than 0.3 inches thick,
- the deck seat stay is a hollow box structure.
A deck seat stay comprising:
- a front panel that is a unitary sheet of metal less than 0.3 inches thick, the front panel has a perimeter that includes a base edge, a seat edge and a cap rail edge that are defined in a horizontal plane, a back rest edge extending from said seat edge to said cap rail edge at an angle β between 60° and 90° from the horizontal plane;
- a back panel that is substantially identical and a mirror image of the front panel, the back panel joined to the front panel via a perimeter side that is less than 0.3 inches thick,
- the deck seat stay is configured to attach to a patio deck, wherein the patio deck defines the horizontal plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.