Patent ID: 7980192

Claim:
A chair mount assembly configured to retrofit a bench-style boat seat or thwart, comprising: first and second rails positioned parallel and along the lengthwise direction of respective first and second downwardly extending sidewalls of the bench-style boat seat or thwart; first and second sliders positioned across from each other and substantially above a top surface of the bench-style boat seat or thwart, each slider having respective first and second end portions, wherein the second end portions confront each other so as to define a gap section above the top surface of the bench, and wherein the first end portion of the first slider includes a first rail connector and the first end portion of the second slider includes a second rail connector, and wherein the first rail connector is matingly coupled and slidably engaged to the first rail and the second rail connector is matingly coupled and slidably engaged to the second rail; and an interconnecting base plate positioned in the gap section between the first and second sliders, wherein the interconnecting base plate is adjustably connected to the second end portions of the first and second sliders and movable together with the first and second sliders back and forth along the first and second rails, and wherein at least one of the first and second elongated rails defines an elongated raceway groove positioned on an elongated strip, wherein the elongated raceway groove is parallel to the lengthwise central axis of the bench-style boat seat or thwart and includes elongated lower and upper sidewalls, and wherein the lower and upper sidewalls define an elongated opening.