Patent ID: 7762603

Claim:
A truck bed seating apparatus, comprising: a base frame further comprising a front elongate member, a rear elongate member, and two opposingly positioned side elongate members, wherein said front elongate member is perpendicular to said two side elongate members and said front elongate member is parallel to said rear elongate member, wherein said rear elongate member is perpendicular to said two side elongate members, and wherein said two opposingly positioned side elongate members are parallel to each other, said base frame having a rectangular periphery defined by said elongate members, said base frame further comprising a plurality of inner cross-support members positioned within said rectangular periphery defined by said elongate members, wherein said plurality of inner cross-support members are parallel to said two side elongate members, and wherein said plurality of inner cross-support members extend between said front elongate member and said rear elongate member and are perpendicular thereto, said base frame removably and directly secured to a truck bed workpiece that is supported by truck support rails on a truck bed receiving assembly, wherein said elongate members and said plurality of inner cross-support members of said base frame are carried proximate a floor of the truck bed workpiece, and said base frame further comprising a plurality of bosses extending therefrom; and a seat, said seat further comprising a plurality of securing members proximate a base of said seat, and said seat securely attached to said base frame by attachment of said plurality of securing members to one of said two side elongate members and to at least one of said plurality of inner cross-support members, wherein said seat further comprises a seat belt harness defined by a dual-shoulder belt and a lap belt having two interlocking members, wherein said dual-shoulder belt extends through an aperture defined in a seat back of said seat and each said member of said two interlocking members of said lap belt extends through an aperture defined in a seat arm, and wherein said dual-shoulder belt is securely fastened to one said boss on said rear member of said base frame, one said member of said two interlocking members of said lap belt is securely fastened to one said boss on one of said two side elongate members of said base frame, and another said member of said two interlocking members of said lap belt is securely fastened to one said boss on one of said plurality of inner cross-support members of said base frame.