Patent ID: 7267403

Claim:
A seat for a bleacher seating arrangement, said seat comprising: a mounting frame, said mounting frame being configured to fixedly attach to a deck portion of a bleacher; an elongated seat portion, said seat portion comprising a plastic material and being fixedly secured to said mounting frame so as to be substantially fixed relative to said deck portion when said seat portion is secured to said mounting frame and said mounting frame is attached to the deck portion of a bleacher, said elongated seat portion providing a plurality of seating areas therealong; a plurality of back portions, said back portions being pivotally mounted to said mounting frame and pivotable between an upright position and a folded down position, said back portions being disposed along said elongated seat portion at respective ones of the plurality of seating areas along said elongated seat portion, said back portion having a plastic seat back, whereby said plastic seat back and said seat portion define a seat for a user when said back portion is in said upright position, said back portion being positioned at least partially over said seat portion when said back portion is in said folded down position; and a front panel fixedly secured to said mounting frame and extending generally vertically downward along said elongated seat portion and at a forward portion of said elongated seat portion opposite said plurality of back portions, said front panel at least partially closing over an area below the forward portion of said seat.