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BOAT SEAT MOUNTING

  • US 3,821,825 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1973
  • Issued: 07/02/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A removable seating device for attachment to a thwart connected at opposite ends to opposite sides of a boat, said seating device comprising:

  • a. a base structure having separable first and second sections with thwart edge engaging portions, said edge engaging portion on the first section being opposed to said edge engaging portion on the second section;

    b. said first section being a main section adapted to rest on a thwart having opposed edges with the respective thwart edge engaging portion being engageable with one of said opposed edges;

    c. a seat member;

    d. means mounting said seat member on said main section;

    e. separable connecting means having portions on each of said first and second sections, said means being operable for selectively releasing said sections one from the other for removal of the seat and base structure from the thwart and to connect said sections and draw one toward the other for affecting clamping of the opposed thwart edges between said thwart engaging portions;

    f. said separable connecting means including a toggle structure with an operating arm pivoted on a portion of the toggle structure which is mounted on one of said first and second base sections and a link pivoted on the arm and extending therefrom, said link having a free end portion separably engaging the other portion of the toggle structure which is mounted on the other of said first and second base sections, said operating arm being movable between a retracted position and an extended position.

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