Pew Style Seating Assembly

A pew style seating assembly comprising:

• a plurality of seat members, each of which is pivotable, independently from all others of the plurality of seat members, between an occupied position and an unoccupied position;
• wherein each seat member, when in the occupied position, defines a seating area above a generally planar top surface thereof, with the seating areas defined by the plurality of seat members defining a continuous and uninterrupted pew seating area spanning the plurality of seat members;
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• a single, continuous seat back spanning the entire pew seating area, such that the plurality of seat members are associated with the single, continuous seat back.

A pew style seating assembly comprising:

• a plurality of seat support members, each of said seat support members comprising a downwardly extending portion terminating in a base directly attached to a surface of a floor and a forward extending portion terminating at a forward end, each pair of adjacent seat support members defining a seat space therebetween;
• a plurality of seat connection mechanisms, at least one seat connection mechanism being attached at the forward end of the forward extending portion of each of said seat support members;
• a plurality of seat members, each of said seat members being disposed within the seat space defined between each pair of adjacent seat support members, and having two opposing sides in pivotable engagement with one of said seat connection mechanisms attached to each of the pair of adjacent seat support members, each of said plurality of seat members being pivotable, independently from all others of said plurality of seat members, between an occupied position and an unoccupied position;
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• wherein each seat member, when in the occupied position, defines a seating area above a top surface thereof, and wherein the seating areas defined by said plurality of seat members defining a continuous and uninterrupted pew seating area spanning said plurality of seat members.