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US 8,075,055 B2Granted
Pew style seating assembly
AssigneeSeries International, LLC
InventorAlvaro Mauricio Olarte
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Abstract
A pew style seating assembly includes 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. Each seat member, when in the occupied position, defines a seating area above a 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. The seating assembly further includes a single, continuous seat back attached to each of the seat support members and spanning the entire pew seating area, such that the plurality of seat members are associated with the single, continuous seat back.
Claims11
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 adapted to be disposed on 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;
- a single, continuous seat back attached to each of said seat support members and spanning the seat spaces defined between said seat support members, whereby said plurality of seat members are associated with said single, continuous seat back;
- 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;
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- wherein the top surface of each of said seat members is generally planar.
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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 adapted to be disposed on 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;
- a single, continuous seat back attached to each of said seat support members and spanning the seat spaces defined between said seat support members, whereby said plurality of seat members are associated with said single, continuous seat back;
- 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;
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- wherein said plurality of seat support members comprise two end seat support members, one disposed at each end of said seating assembly, and at least one intermediate seat support member disposed between the end seat support members.
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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 adapted to be disposed on 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;
- a single, continuous seat back attached to each of said seat support members and spanning the seat spaces defined between said seat support members, whereby said plurality of seat members are associated with said single, continuous seat back;
- 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;
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- an arm rest disposed at each end of said seating assembly.
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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;
- 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;
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- wherein each of said plurality of seat connection mechanisms comprises a saddle bracket comprising an inner pivot channel, and wherein each of the two opposing sides of said plurality of seat members comprises a pin portion comprising a pin protruding therefrom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.