Patent ID: 7597399

Claim:
A bracket which secures a stadium seat associated with the bracket to a stadium bench, the bench comprising a seating surface, a back extending from an edge of the seating surface and a bottom, wherein said bottom of the bench is formed by a horizontal shelf at an end of the back distal the seating surface the shelf reinforced by a lip along an edge of the shelf opposite the end of the back, the bracket comprising: an external piece contacting an outer surface of at least the back of the bench and the bottom of the bench, wherein the external piece extends beyond the lip of the bottom of the bench; an internal piece contacting an inner surface of the back of the bench and an underside of the seating surface of the bench wherein the internal piece extends beyond the lip of an inner surface of the bottom of the bench; a first shim contacting an inner surface of the shelf near the lip and the internal piece to fill a space between the inner surface of the shelf and the internal piece caused by the lip; a second shim positioned beyond the lip of the shelf contacting the internal piece and the external piece to fill a space between the internal piece and the external piece caused by the lip; and connecting means to connect the external piece to the internal piece beyond the lip locking the bracket and associated stadium seat to the bench.