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US 9,315,238 B2Granted
Lounge assembly
AssigneeGrady-White Boats, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Neese, Mark Edward Doggett, Paul Durant Gallup
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Abstract
A lounge assembly includes a movable backrest to be positioned at multiple locations on its seating surface. The backrest is supported by plate supports extending into the seat below its seating surface to connect to a slidable carriage assembly used to move the backrest. The backrest can be locked into selected positions on the lounge assembly seating surface. The lounge assembly is especially adapted for a boat.
Claims17
A lounge assembly, comprising:
- a. a seating surface having a length and a width and being fixed in position to a base;
- b. a carriage assembly positioned beneath the seating surface within the base;
- c. a moveable backrest positioned above the seating surface, said moveable backrest affixed to the carriage assembly;
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- d. said moveable backrest and carriage assembly being slideable along the length of the seating surface and having at least three stop locations at predetermined backrest positions, a first backrest position near a first end of the length of the seating surface, a second backrest position near a second end of the length of the seating surface, and a central backrest position at a point between the first and second backrest positions, said carriage assembly comprising plate members extending from the carriage assembly through slots in the seating surface into the backrest, and having said backrest connected to the plate members, and said carriage assembly further comprising wheels and the base further comprising at least one rail extending the length thereof within the base below the seating surface thereof positioned for engagement with said wheels of the carriage assembly to allow the backrest to be moved to different positions on said seating surface whereby the lounge assembly is adapted for having the first backrest position defining a substantially horizontal lounge facing in a first direction and in the second backrest position defining a substantially horizontal lounge facing in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, and in the central backrest position defining in a back-to-back relation respective oppositely first and second direction facing seats.
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A lounge assembly with a movable backrest, comprising:
- a base having a seating surface having a length, and having spaced-apart slots running the length of the seating surface thereof;
- backrest plate supports extending through the seating surface through each one of said slots into a backrest supported thereon, and connected to a carriage assembly within the base, said carriage assembly further comprising wheels;
- and a rail system having rails associated with the carriage assembly for allowing the carriage assembly to move in engagement through said wheels with the rails of the rail system to allow movement of the backrest supported on the backrest plate supports to a selected position on the seating surface of the lounge assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.