Pew or bench with pivoting seat

A bench style seating assembly, comprising:

• a beam assembly comprising at least one beam having at least one of a first and second beam standard lengths;
• at least one base supporting said beam assembly in a substantially horizontal position;
• at least one seat back assembly fixedly secured to said beam assembly;
• a plurality of seat connection mechanisms each comprising a connector support extending forward in a substantially horizontal position;
• a plurality of seat bottom assemblies pivotably secured to said beam assembly by said plurality of seat connection mechanisms, each of said plurality of seat bottom assemblies being separately pivotable about an axis through the connector support of said plurality of seat connection mechanisms;
• wherein, at least one of the plurality of seat bottom assemblies has a width different than a width of another of the plurality of seat bottom assemblies;
• and
• wherein, a width of each of the plurality of seat bottom assemblies is selected from a group of less than ten standard widths so as to allow the seating assembly to be substantially of any length without requiring customization of widths of the plurality of seat bottom assemblies.

A method of assembling a bench style seating assembly, comprising the steps of:

• determining a desired length of the seating assembly;
• selecting a beam;
• supporting said beam in a substantially horizontal position on at least one base;
• fixing at least one seat back assembly to the beam;
• fixing a plurality of seat connector mechanisms to the beam;
• selecting a width of each of a plurality of seat bottom assemblies so as to cause the seating assembly to have the desired length, a selected width of at least one of the plurality of seat bottom assemblies being different than a selected width of at least one other of the plurality of seat bottom assemblies;
• and
• attaching the plurality of seat bottom assemblies pivotably to the beam by the plurality of seat connection mechanisms.

A method of assembling a bench style seating assembly, comprising the steps of:

• determining a desired length of the seating assembly;
• selecting a beam;
• supporting said beam in a substantially horizontal position on at least one base;
• fixing at least one seat back assembly to the beam;
• fixing a plurality of seat connector mechanisms to the beam;
• selecting a width of each of a plurality of seat bottom assemblies so as to cause the seating assembly to have the desired length, from a group of less than ten standard widths so as to cause the seating assembly to have the desired length without requiring customization of the widths of the plurality of seat bottom assemblies;
• and
• attaching the plurality of seat bottom assemblies pivotably to the beam by the plurality of seat connection mechanisms.

A bench style seating assembly, comprising:

• a beam having a rectangular cross section of a known thickness;
• at least one base comprising a U shaped bracket, an opening of the U shaped bracket corresponding to the thickness of said beam, and supporting said beam in a substantially horizontal position such that said beam rests within the U shaped bracket and remains within the U shaped bracket when subjected to a torque;
• at least one seat back assembly comprising at least one U shaped bracket, an opening of the U shaped bracket corresponding to the thickness of said beam, positioned over said beam such that the at least one seat back is fixedly secured to said beam and the beam assembly remains within the opening of the at least one U shaped bracket when subjected to a torque;
• a plurality of seat connection mechanisms each comprising a connector support extending forward in a substantially horizontal position and a U shaped bracket, an opening of the U shaped bracket corresponding to the thickness of said beam, positioned over said beam such that the plurality of seat connection mechanisms are fixedly secured to said beam and the beam remains within the opening of the U shaped brackets when subjected to a torque;
• and
• a plurality of seat bottom assemblies pivotably secured to said beam by said plurality of seat connection mechanisms, each of said plurality of seat bottom assemblies being separately pivotable about an axis through the connector support of said plurality of seat connection mechanisms.