Patent ID: 6854216

Claim:
A self-storing telescoping seat assembly comprising, in combination: rows of seating, movable between a retracted position where the rows of seating are generally stacked on top of one another, to an extended position, with each row of seating having a corresponding deck with a front face and a rear; and a handrail assembly affixed to a corresponding row of seating in a single assembled position with respect to that row, the handrail assembly comprising a post having a width, affixed to the corresponding row of seating, and a first top handrail and a first lower handrail each affixed to the post; wherein each row of seating has a corresponding deck, an opening is formed between the top handrail and the lower handrail, and the deck of a row of seating above the corresponding row of seating is adapted to extend into the opening when the rows of seating are in the retracted position; and the handrail assembly stays in the single assembled position with respect to that row as the rows move between the extended position and the retracted position.