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US 2003/0196582 A1Published application
Fold out boat seat
AssigneeGrady-White Boats, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Neese, Drexel K. Smith
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Abstract
A fold out bench type boat seat assembly is attached to the bulkhead of a boat. The seat assembly comprises two sections: a backrest that is fixedly attached to the bulkhead, and a seat unit that is movable from a vertical stored position against the boat bulkhead to a horizontal seating position the major portions of which are detachable from the bulkhead when not needed.
Claims5
A fold out seat assembly for a boat having a bulkhead, comprising:
- (a) a seat, comprising a front portion, two opposed sides, a back portion, and a bottom surface, each said side having a slide rod end extending perpendicularly from the respective said seat side at said back portion of said seat;
- (b) a U-shaped brace comprising two sides and a crossbar, each said brace side having an inner end pivotally attached to said boat bulkhead, and said crossbar being pivotally mounted to said bottom surface of said seat;
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- (c) a pair of substantially vertical, laterally spaced, parallel slide blocks integrally secured to an inner surface of said boat bulkhead, each slide block comprising an insertion port at an upper end of said slide block adapted to receive a respective said slide rod end on the side of said seat, a slide groove in which said slide rod end slides up and down, and a stop section at a bottom end of said slide block adapted to maintain said slide rod end in a locked position at the bottom end of said slide block when said seat is in a perpendicular position relative to the plane of said boat bulkhead.
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A fold out seat assembly for a boat having a bulkhead, comprising;
- (a) a back support attached to the bulkhead of the boat;
- (b) a seat, comprising a front portion, two opposed sides, a back portion, and a bottom surface, each side having a slide rod end extending perpendicularly from each said side at said back portion of said seat;
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- (c) a pair of slide blocks attached to an inner surface of said boat bulkhead, each slide block comprising a stowing structure in which respective slide rod ends are engaged and slide up and down to move said seat from a vertical stowed position to a horizontal seating position.
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A fold out seat assembly for a boat having a bulkhead, comprising:
- (a) a back support;
- (b) a seat, comprising a front portion, two opposed sides, a back portion, and a bottom surface;
- (c) a slide rod fixed to said rear bottom surface of said seat near said back portion, said slide rod having a length greater than the width of said back portion and forming a pair of slide rod ends that extend perpendicularly from each said side at said back portion of said seat;
- (d) a U-shaped brace comprising two sides and a crossbar, each brace side having an inner end pivotally attached to said boat bulkhead, and said crossbar being pivotally attached to said bottom surface of said seat proximate its said front portion;
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- (e) a pair of vertical, laterally spaced, parallel slide blocks fixedly attached to said boat bulkhead, each said slide block comprising:
- (i) a slide groove in which a respective said slide rod end slides up and down;
- (ii) an insertion port at an upper end of each said slide block through which a respective slide rod end is inserted into or removed from said slide groove;
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- (iii) a stop section formed at the bottom end of each said slide block to maintain said slide rod end in a locked position at said bottom end of said slide block when said seat is in a seating position.
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A fold out seat assembly for a boat having a bulkhead, comprising:
- (a) a pivotable seat;
- (b) a substantially U-shaped front support brace positioned under said pivotable seat and having two extending arms, each pivotally fixed to the boat bulkhead;
- (c) a slide rod positioned under said pivotable seat extending transversely along a rear part of said pivotable seat to form a pair of transverse slide rod ends extending beyond respective said side sections of said pivotable boat seat;
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- (d) a pair of slide blocks fixed to said boat bulkhead, each slide block having a slide groove, an insertion port in which a respective slide rod end is inserted into or removed from said slide groove, and a stop section formed in the bottom section of each said slide block to maintain said slide rod ends at the bottom section of each said slide block when said pivotable boat seat is in a seating position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.