Bleacher seat
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1. A bleacher seat module comprising:
- a seat portion contiguously formed with an upright lumbar and thoracic support portion, the upright lumbar and thoracic support portion having tapered sides formed by laterally flared gussets and a hollowed indentation formed between rear edges of the flared gussets and a rear surface of the upright lumbar and thoracic support portion, said seat portion and said upright portion being monolithically formed of single piece construction;
said seat portion adapted to being fixedly mounted on a bleacher.
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A seat module that forms a seat portion and an upright lumbar and thoracic support portion in one piece as a commercial grade seat that can be retro-fitted to any stadium bleacher easily to conform with building safety codes and provide comfortable seating to the patrons of the stadium.
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44 Claims
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1. A bleacher seat module comprising:
a seat portion contiguously formed with an upright lumbar and thoracic support portion, the upright lumbar and thoracic support portion having tapered sides formed by laterally flared gussets and a hollowed indentation formed between rear edges of the flared gussets and a rear surface of the upright lumbar and thoracic support portion, said seat portion and said upright portion being monolithically formed of single piece construction;
said seat portion adapted to being fixedly mounted on a bleacher.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- 13. A bleacher seat module comprising a seat portion monolithically formed with an upright lumbar and thoracic support portion of single piece construction, the upright lumbar and thoracic support portion having tapered sides formed by laterally flared gussets and a hollowed indentation formed between rear edges of the flared gussets and a rear surface of the upright lumbar and thoracic support portion, said seat portion having a front to back depth less than or equal to a depth of a bleacher plank to which said seat module is adapted to be fixedly attached, while providing at least a twelve inch clearance between rows of adjacent bleacher planks when aligned in at least a 24 inch row to row spacing of rows of bleacher seats.
- 23. A bleacher seat module for a bleacher stadium seating arrangement, wherein said bleacher stadium seating arrangement includes a minimum predetermined horizontal distance of at least 24 inches between rows of adjacent backless seat planks and having a clearance of at least twelve inches in front of and behind each said backless seat plank, said bleacher seat module comprising a seat portion monolithically formed with an upright lumbar and thoracic support portion and said seat portion in a single piece construction having tapered sides formed by flared gussets and a hollowed indentation formed between rear edges of the flared gussets and a rear surface of the upright lumbar and thoracic support portion, said seat portion having a front to back depth less than or equal to a depth of the backless seat plank to which said seat module is adapted to be fixedly attached.
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35. A bleacher seat mountable on a bench plank comprising in combination:
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a bleacher bench plank; a seat portion adapted for resting on a top surface of said bench plank; an upright lumbar and thoracic support portion extending up from a rear end of said seat portion, said seat and upright portions being monolithically formed of one piece construction with tapered sides formed by flared gussets and a hollowed indentation formed between rear edges of the flared gussets and a rear surface of the upright lumbar and thoracic support portion; fasteners receivable through said seat portion for fixedly attaching said bleacher seat to said bleacher bench plank; said upright lumbar and thoracic support portion having an enlarged radius of an upper thoracic support region as compared to a smaller radius of a lower lumbar region. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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