Patent ID: 7568767

Claim:
A patio bench kit comprising: a left side panel, said left side panel including integrally formed posts or sockets for interlocking engagement with a front and a rear panel in a substantially perpendicular arrangement, said left side panel including an armrest with a hollow armrest portion; a right side panel, said right side panel including integrally formed posts or sockets for interlocking engagement with a front and a rear panel in a substantially perpendicular arrangement, said right side panel including an armrest with a hollow arm rest portion; a rear panel having integrally formed posts or sockets positioned for snap-together interlocking engagement with corresponding said posts or sockets of said left and said right side panels, whereby said panels are secured together in a substantially perpendicular arrangement, a front panel having integrally formed posts or sockets positioned for snap-together interlocking engagement with corresponding said posts or sockets of said left and said right side panels; a bench seat panel having integrally formed connectors constructed and arranged for snap-together interlocking engagement to at least two of said left, right, front or back panels in a substantially parallel arrangement with respect to a ground surface; a backrest panel, said backrest panel including integrally formed posts or sockets for interlocking snap-together interlocking engagement with corresponding posts or sockets formed on said rear panel; a pair of structural block members each sized and shaped for insertion into said hollow portion of each said armrest, each said structural block member constructed and arranged to be secured to a respective side panel and said backrest panel, thereby structurally interlocking said side panels and said backrest panel together.