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 configured to connect to a horizontal deck surface, the deck seat support stay comprising:
- a sheet metal front panel defined by at least an outer front perimeter that includes a base edge and a seat edge that are essentially parallel to one another, the base edge configured to interface and connect to the horizontal deck surface,
- 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 a cap rail edge, the back rest edge extends at an angle β from the base edge between 65° and 90°,
- a rear edge that extends between the cap rail edge and at least to the base edge;
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- said sheet metal front panel is configured to join a sheet metal back panel in a hollow box structure relationship, wherein the sheet metal front panel and the sheet metal back panel are less than 0.3 inches thick.
A deck seat stay configured to connect to a horizontal deck surface, the deck seat stay comprising:
- a unitary sheet metal front panel (front panel) that is less than 0.3 inches thick defining a perimeter that includes a base-to-seat edge extending from a base edge to a seat edge, the base-to-seat edge joins the seat edge, a back rest edge extending to a cap rail edge at an angle β between 60° and 90°, the back rest edge extending from the seat edge a rear edge extending between the base edge to the cap rail edge at an angle α that is between 65° and 90° from the horizontal direction;
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- a unitary sheet metal back panel (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 spans the perimeter, the perimeter side is less than 0.3 inches thick,
- the deck seat stay is a hollow box structure.
A hollow deck seat stay comprising:
- a front panel that is a unitary sheet of metal, the front panel has a perimeter that includes a base edge that extends to a seat edge via base-to-seat edge, the base edge extends to a cap rail edge via a back rest edge at an angle β between 60° and 90°;
- a back panel, that is substantially identical and a mirror image of the front panel, is 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.