Patent ID: 6428097
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A bleacher arrangement of the type having deployed and undeployed states for use with a plurality of seating level members each having first and second ends and arranged in sequentially elevated relation to one another by a first predetermined height, wherein each such seating level member is disposed substantially directly beneath an immediately superior seating level member in substantially stacked relation when the bleacher arrangement is in the undeployed state, and wherein each such seating level member is disposed beneath and forward of an immediately superior seating level member in stepped relation when the bleacher arrangement is in the deployed state; said bleacher arrangement comprisinga plurality of seats disposed side-by-side on an associated one of the plurality of seating level members, each of said seats having: a seat bottom coupled to said associated seating level member for accommodating a user of the bleacher arrangement, said seat bottom having forward and rear portions and arranged substantially parallel to said associated seating level member; and a seat back disposed in the rear portion of said seat bottom, said seat back being pivotally displaceable with respect to said associated seating level member between a first position where said seat back is disposed substantially orthogonal to said seat bottom and a second position where said seat back is reclined rearwardly to be substantially parallel to said seat bottom; a guide bracket having a guide slot therein having respective portions for defining locked and unlocked conditions; and a linkage arrangement having a first portion pivotally coupled to said seat back and a second portion in engagement with the guide slot of the guide bracket, the second portion of said linkage arrangement being displaceable along the guide slot in response to translation between the first position of the seat back and the second position of the seat back.