Patent ID: 7828380

Claim:
A pew style seating assembly comprising: a plurality of seat support members, each of said seat support members comprising a downwardly extending portion terminating in a base adapted to be disposed on a floor and a forward extending portion terminating at a forward end, each pair of adjacent seat support members defining a seat space therebetween; a plurality of seat connection mechanisms, at least one seat connection mechanism being attached at the forward end of the forward extending portion of each of said seat support members; a plurality of seat members, each of said seat members being disposed within the seat space defined between each pair of adjacent seat support members, and having two opposing sides in pivotable engagement with one of said seat connection mechanisms attached to each of the pair of adjacent seat support members, each of said plurality of seat members being pivotable, independently from all others of said plurality of seat members, between an occupied position and an unoccupied position; and a single, continuous seat back attached to each of said seat support members and spanning the seat spaces defined between said seat support members, whereby said plurality of seat members are associated with said single, continuous seat back.