Shock absorbing boat seat assembly

A shock absorbing boat seat assembly comprising:

• one or more seat members each having a seat and a backrest connected to said seat, each said backrest and seat of each said seat member including a padded member, spring members and a cover enclosing said padded member and said spring members;
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• one or more base assemblies for supporting said one or more seat members with each of said one or more base assemblies having a base member being adapted to securely mount upon a deck of a boat, and also having a support member securely disposed upon said base member and having a opening therein, and further having a hollow tubular member being movably disposed in said opening of said support member, and also having a means for absorbing shock, and further having a seat support member securely mounted upon said tubular member, said means for absorbing shock including a shaft securely and sealingly disposed in said tubular member with a seal member, and also including compressed air disposed in said tubular member, and further including a valve body disposed in a side wall of said tubular member, and also including a valve member adjustably disposed in said valve body for controlling an amount of pressure of said compressed air in said hollow tubular member, and further including a spring mounted about said shaft and biasing said tubular member upwardly relative to said base member, said valve member including a stem and a knob securely attached to an end of said stem with said stem being movably disposed in said valve body, said tubular member including a lower portion and an upper portion, said lower portion having a larger circumference than that of said upper portion thus forming an inverted ledge at a juncture of said upper and lower portions, said compressed air being essentially disposed in said upper portion of said tubular member above said shaft, said spring being disposed between said base member and said inverted ledge of said tubular member, said tubular member including an annular flange securely disposed about an exterior of said wall of said lower portion at a bottom end thereof for retaining said tubular member in said support member, said support member including an inwardly-turned rim disposed at a top thereof for retaining said annular flange of said tubular member in said support member.