Seating accessory
AssigneeTale-Gator Distributors, LLC
InventorJoseph Fournier
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Abstract
A seating accessory for use in combination with the inside surface of the tailgate of a pickup truck. The accessory includes a generally rectangular sheet sized to be positioned over the lowered tailgate surface and defining two side-by-side upwardly opening concave seating surfaces to accommodate side-by-side seated persons. A backrest is associated with each seating surface and is pivotally moveable between an upright position providing back support for a person sitting on the respective seating surface, and a lowered, stowed position within the concavity of the respective seating surface. The seating access is secured to the tailgate using suitable fasteners coacting with the tailgate.
Claims8
A method of providing seating on the inside surface of a vehicle tailgate or the like wherein the method comprises:
- shaping a base sheet of material to provide an upwardly opening, concave seating surface configured to accommodate a human posterior as well as support surfaces around and laterally of the seating surface which, when mounted on the inside surface of a tailgate, contact the tailgate surface and hold the seating surface substantially above and in spaced relation to the tailgate surface;
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- attaching the base sheet to the inside surface of a vehicle tailgate.
A seating structure adapted to be associated with an underlying support surface to provide individual, human-contoured seating surface, comprising a sheet of flexible material having a rear edge and a front edge lying on said support surface and a contoured receiving area between the front and rear edges, defining and configured to accommodate a human posterior, and spaced substantially in its entirety above the support surface to permit flexing of the sheet material in the space between the seating surface and the support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.