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Plastic restaurant booth seat
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL INSTALLATIONS
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Filing: 1976-04-22
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Granted: 1978-03-07
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Expires: 1996-04-22
Abstract
Abstract A restaurant booth seat having a unique shape and construction is disclosed. The seat has an exterior skin made of a hard plastic material and a substantially rigid plastic foam core. The seat comprises a back support member coupled to a separate base member. The base member is tapered from the front thereof towards the rear such that liquids, crumbs and the like are encouraged toward the rear of the base member. A grooved area extends into the base member along the width thereof adjacent the back support member such that the crumbs and liquids in the grooved area are rendered easily removable. By the use of the restaurant booth seat of the present invention, cleanup of such seat is made substantially easier than the seats of the prior art. Moreover, the booth seat of the present invention is durable yet provides the user with sufficient comfort.
Inventors
- 👤 Adam Storch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 22:55
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C5/00; A47C5/12; A47C5/125; A47C7/00; A47C7/62; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S297/00; Y10S297/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A restaurant booth seat configured to be easily assembled comprising, two separate basic elements, each of said elements having an exterior occupant supporting skin of hard rigid plastic material and a substantially rigid plastic foam core, said elements being (i) a back support member selectively secured to (ii) a base member; said base member having an upper surface tapered from the front thereof toward the rear such that liquids, crumbs and the like are encouraged toward the rear of said base member, said seat further having a grooved area formed in said base member covered by said exterior skin and extending along the width of said base member adjacent said back support member whereby crumbs, liquid and the like in said grooved area are rendered easily removable, said back support member and said base member each having a plurality of support members integrally formed within said foam core such that said back support member and said base member can be selectively joined together in a secure manner.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
A restaurant booth seat configured to be easily assembled comprising, two separate basic elements, each of said elements having an exterior occupant supporting skin of hard rigid plastic material and a substantially rigid plastic foam core, said elements being (i) a back support member selectively secured to (ii) a base member; said base member having an upper surface tapered from the front thereof toward the rear such that liquids, crumbs and the like are encouraged toward the rear of said base member, said seat further having a grooved area formed in said base member covered by said exterior skin and extending along the width of said base member adjacent said back support member whereby crumbs, liquid and the like in said grooved area are rendered easily removable, said back support member and said base member each having a plurality of support members integrally formed within said foam core such that said back support member and said base member can be selectively joined together in a secure manner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The booth seat as defined in claim 1 wherein said seat is comprised of separate and interconnected back member and base member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The booth seat as defined in claim 1 wherein said rigid foam core is bonded to said exterior skin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The booth seat as defined in claim 1 wherein said base member and said back support member are disposed on wooden supports.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The booth seat as defined in claim 1 wherein two said booth seats are joined in a back-to-back configuration.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
149 words
A two part restaurant booth seat comprising (a) a back support member having a hard, rigid plastic exterior occupant supporting skin bonded to a substantially rigid foam core; (b) a base member coupled to said back support member, said base member having a hard, rigid plastic exterior occupant supporting skin bonded to a substantially rigid foam core, said base member having an upper surface shaped such that liquids and the like are encouraged toward the said back support member said base member forming a trough member covered by said exterior skin located adjacent said back support member whereby crumbs and the like in said trough are rendered easily removable, said back support member and said base member each have a plurality of support members integrally formed within said foam core such that said back support member and said base member can be selectively joined together in a secure manner.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
149 words
A two part restaurant booth seat comprising (a) a back support member having a hard, rigid plastic exterior occupant supporting skin bonded to a substantially rigid foam core; (b) a base member coupled to said back support member, said base member having a hard, rigid plastic exterior occupant supporting skin bonded to a substantially rigid foam core, said base member having an upper surface shaped such that liquids and the like are encouraged toward the said back support member said base member forming a trough member covered by said exterior skin located adjacent said back support member whereby crumbs and the like in said trough are rendered easily removable, said back support member and said base member each have a plurality of support members integrally formed within said foam core such that said back support member and said base member can be selectively joined together in a secure manner.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The booth seat as defined in claim 6 wherein said skin is acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and said foam core is urethane foam.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The booth seat as defined in claim 6 wherein a support member extends up from said base member and couples said base member to said back member.
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