Combination seating and decking for an open bow boat
OwnerJerry Frandseninventor
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Abstract
A seat back system that includes a pair of seat benches for mounting to the floor of an open bow section of a pleasure boat that each include seat backs that are individually mounted to pivot from a vertical, seat back attitude, to a horizontal attitude covering over the open bow section and includes an arrangement for pivoting the seat backs that can be hydraulic, pneumatic or mechanical, that each involve an extending piston between a boat floor and at a location along a brace that is secured to a seat back side, extending at a right angle therefrom, with piston extension to provide seat back travel, providing a load bearing deck.
Claims8
An open bow boat decking system consisting of a pair of bench seats for mounting in an open bow area of a pleasure boat that each have like movable seat backs that can be erected into a deck, covering over that open bow area comprising, a pair of rectangular benches each having a bottom surface that is secured onto a floor of said open bow area and seat backs that face one another and having forward and stern ends that align;
- a pair of rectangular seat backs that each include a straight brace secured at a right angle to each said seat back side at a selected distance therealong;
- a fastener means pivotally mounted to an outer surface of said brace that receives a rod fitted thereto such that rod outward and inward travel moves the fastener means and connected brace, and means for moving said rod outwardly and inwardly to move also each said seat back from its vertical to deck covering horizontal attitude and back to its vertical attitude;
- and means for guiding travel of said seat backs through approximately ninety degrees upon extension and retraction of said rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.