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US 7,093,893 B1Granted
Folding bench
OwnerGary Bundeinventor
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Abstract
A folding bench that can be sat on and hold food thereon and transport food and other objects has a pair of substantially similar halves hingedly connected to each other. Each half has a frame with a slatted seating surface. A leg is foldably attached to each frame and folds within the confines of the frame when the bench is closed for transport and unfolds when the bench is open and in use. As the two halves come together to close the bench, an interior space is formed which interior space can hold various objects. Retaining apparatus can be located on one or both halves for securing the objects securely within the interior space. Each half has a handle which may have one or more arcuate openings that can hold a cylindrical object such as a drink cup.
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A bench comprising:
- a first frame member having a first end, a second end, a first top, and a first bottom;
- a first leg having a pair of first upper struts pivotally attached to the first frame member and a pair of first lower struts pivotally attached to the pair of first upper struts, the pair of first lower struts having a cross member extending therebetween and traveling within a first channel system created by a pair of first brackets attached to the first bottom such that the first leg articulates between a folded position wherein the pair of first upper struts and the pair of first lower struts are stored within the confines of the first frame member and an unfolded position wherein the pair of first lower struts extend downwardly from the first bottom and the pair of first upper struts extend diagonally between the first frame member and the pair of first lower struts extends downwardly from the first bottom;
- a first seating surface attached to the first top;
- a second frame member having a third end hingedly attached to the first end, a fourth end, a second top, and a second bottom;
- a second leg having a pair of second upper struts pivotally attached to the second frame member and a pair of second lower struts pivotally attached to the pair of second upper struts, the pair of second lower struts having a second cross member extending therebetween and traveling within a second channel system created by a pair of second brackets attached to the second bottom such that the second leg articulates between a folded position wherein the pair of second upper struts and the pair of second lower struts are stored within the confines of the second frame member and an unfolded position wherein the pair of second lower struts extend downwardly from the second bottom and the pair of second upper struts extend diagonally between the second frame member and the pair of second lower struts extends downwardly from the second bottom;
- a second seating surface attached to the second top;
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- wherein the bench articulates between a closed position wherein the first leg and the second leg are each in the folded position and the first bottom of the first frame member faces and abuts the second bottom of the second frame member and an open position wherein the first leg and the second leg are each in the unfolded position and the first seating surface and the second seating surface are located on the same plane.
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A bench comprising:
- a first frame member having a first end, a second end, a first top, and a first bottom;
- a first leg having a pair of first upper struts pivotally attached to the first frame member and a pair of first lower struts pivotally attached to the pair of first upper struts, the pair of first lower struts having a cross member extending therebetween and traveling within a first channel system created by a pair of first brackets attached to the first bottom such that the first leg articulates between a folded position wherein the pair of first upper struts and the pair of first lower struts are stored within the confines of the first frame member and an unfolded position wherein the pair of first lower struts extend downwardly from the first bottom and the pair of first upper struts extend diagonally between the first frame member and the pair of first lower struts extends downwardly from the first bottom;
- a first seating surface attached to the first top;
- a second frame member having a third end hingedly attached to the first end, a fourth end, a second top, and a second bottom;
- a second leg having a pair of second upper struts pivotally attached to the second frame member and a pair of second lower struts pivotally attached to the pair of second upper struts, the pair of second lower struts having a second cross member extending therebetween and traveling within a second channel system created by a pair of second brackets attached to the second bottom such that the second leg articulates between a folded position wherein the pair of second upper struts and the pair of second lower struts are stored within the confines of the second frame member and an unfolded position wherein the pair of second lower struts extend downwardly from the second bottom and the pair of second upper struts extend diagonally between the second frame member and the pair of second lower struts extends downwardly from the second bottom;
- a second seating surface attached to the second top;
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- wherein the bench articulates between a closed position wherein the first leg and the second leg are each in the folded position and the first bottom of the first frame member faces and abuts the second bottom of the second frame member and an open position wherein the first leg and the second leg are each in the unfolded position and the first end faces the third end.
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