Patent ID: 11882820
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 8:
9. A side shelf fishing seat for mounting adjacent to an inwale of a boat, the side shelf fishing seat comprising:
said side seat including a backplate, a seat platform, and a support plate;
said backplate includes a front surface and a rear surface, wherein said rear surface aligns with the inwale of the boat when said side seat is installed in the boat;
said seat platform includes a first hinge for hingedly connecting to said front surface of said backplate;
said support plate includes a second hinge for hingedly connecting to a bottom surface of said seat platform;
said side seat folded in a first stored orientation and selectively unfolded in a second deployed orientation;
said backplate, said seat platform, and said support plate generally vertically aligned when said side seat is in said folded orientation;
said seat platform generally orthogonal to said backplate and said support plate generally at an angle of forty-five degrees to said seat platform when said side seat is in said deployed orientation; and
said seat platform includes a top surface accessible from three sides to enable a user to sit and face in a multitude of directions selected from the group consisting of facing towards the stern of the boat, facing towards the bow of the boat, and facing towards the amidships of the boat.