Patent ID: 6647916
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A fold out seat assembly for a boat having a bulkhead, comprising:(a) a seat, comprising a front surface, two opposed sides, a back surface, a top surface, and a bottom surface, each said side having a slide rod end extending perpendicularly from the respective said seat side adjacent said back surface of said seat; (b) a U-shaped frame comprising two sides and a connecting crossbar, each said frame side having an inner end pivotally supported by said boat bulkhead above said seat, and said crossbar being pivotally mounted on and operative to support said bottom surface below and proximate the front surface of said seat during use thereof; (c) a pair of substantially vertical, laterally spaced, parallel slide blocks integrally secured to an inner surface of said boat bulkhead, each slide block comprising an insertion port at an upper end of said slide block positioned opposite an insertion port of similar construction on the other slide block and adapted to permit a respective said slide rod end on the side of said seat to be inserted in or removed from the said slide block, a slide groove in which said slide rod end slides up and down, and a stop section at a bottom end of said slide block adapted to maintain said slide rod end in a locked position at the bottom end of said slide block when said seat is in a perpendicular position relative to the plane of said boat bulkhead; and (d) said seat, frame, and slide blocks forming said assembly being configured to mount on said bulkhead so as to permit said seat and frame to be removed from said slide blocks and bulkhead when desired and said seat and frame to be used or stored on said slide blocks without support other than as provided by said, frame, slide blocks, and bulkhead.