Patent ID: 7647880

Claim:
An adjustable mounting system for a leaning post for a boat having a pair of hollow cylindrical side-by-side seat posts extending vertically from a deck of the boat, comprising: an elongated leaning post bench having a substantially rectangular box shape formed by a top surface, a front surface, a back surface, a bottom surface, side surfaces at each end of the elongated bench, and an inside space enclosed by said top, front, bottom and side surfaces, a pair of mounting brackets incorporated in the bottom surface of the elongated bench, each mounting bracket comprising a downward-facing surface directed away from the bottom of the bench toward the deck of the boat, wherein each mounting bracket further comprises a pair of parallel spaced apart grooves aligned in a lengthwise direction from one side of the elongated bench to the other side, a pair of bench posts each comprising a hollow elongated cylindrical body, a top end, an open bottom end, a mounting plate disposed at said top end, and at least two fasteners arranged to secure the mounting plate to each of the pair of parallel spaced apart grooves, wherein the cylindrical bodies of said bench posts are sized for sliding engagement with said pair of hollow side-by side cylindrical seat posts, wherein the mounting plates of said bench posts mount adjustably to the pairs of parallel spaced apart grooves in the downward-facing surface of the mounting bracket so that the pair of bench posts can be adjusted to align with the pair of side-by-side seat posts, and wherein the fasteners secure the mounting plate of the bench posts to the mounting bracket.