US4730872A
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Bench with V-shaped slats
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1986-07-22
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Granted: 1988-03-15
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Expires: 2006-07-22
Abstract
Abstract Sitting bench for public facilities, such as parks, street, waiting rooms and lounges on subways, airports or the like, having two or more interconnected stands exhibiting the approximate configuration of seats, equipped with floor or wall fastening elements and serving to support the seat slats, which together form the seating surface. The seat slats are triangular in cross section. The stands are equipped with corresponding acutely angled, V-shaped supports or receiving grooves to which the slats are fastened by screws penetrating the supports in the area of their points. A bead is provided on the outer edge of the stands and the floor or wall fastening elements are half-shells divided in their longitudinal center plane and equipped with a clamping groove to grip the bead.
Inventors
- 👤 Siegbert Golzer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 17:33
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C11/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A sitting bench comprising: two stands having an angled configuration and a plurality of V-shaped support surfaces; a plurality of seat slats having a triangular cross-section and arranged to have an apex lie within the V-shaped surface in said V-shaped support surfaces, to extend between said stands and to define a seating surface; slat-securing means for fastening said slats to said stands; and mounting means for fastening said stands to a mounting surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
A sitting bench comprising: two stands having an angled configuration and a plurality of V-shaped support surfaces; a plurality of seat slats having a triangular cross-section and arranged to have an apex lie within the V-shaped surface in said V-shaped support surfaces, to extend between said stands and to define a seating surface; slat-securing means for fastening said slats to said stands; and mounting means for fastening said stands to a mounting surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
A sitting bench according to claim 1, wherein each of said stands further comprises a gripping surface on an outer edge and each of said mounting means comprising a first and second half-shell element, each element having a clamping groove for gripping said gripping surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A sitting bench according to claim 2, wherein said gripping surface has a constant configuration and matches that of said clamping groove.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A sitting bench according to claim 3, further comprising tightening means for tightening said first half-shell and said second half-shell against said gripping surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A sitting bench according to claim 2, further comprising securing means for tightening said first half-shell and said second half-shell against said gripping surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
76 words
A sitting bench comprising: two stands having an approximate configuration of a seat and a plurality of V-shaped support surfaces; a plurality of seat slats of a triangular cross-section and arranged to have an apex lie within the V-shaped surface in said V-shaped support surfaces, to extend between said stands, and to define a seating surface; slat-securing means for fastening said slats to said stands; mounting means for fastening said stands to a vertical mounting surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
76 words
A sitting bench comprising: two stands having an approximate configuration of a seat and a plurality of V-shaped support surfaces; a plurality of seat slats of a triangular cross-section and arranged to have an apex lie within the V-shaped surface in said V-shaped support surfaces, to extend between said stands, and to define a seating surface; slat-securing means for fastening said slats to said stands; mounting means for fastening said stands to a vertical mounting surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
A sitting bench according to claim 6, wherein each of said stands further comprises a gripping surface on an outer edge and each of said mounting means comprises a first and a second half-shell element, each element exhibiting a clamping groove for gripping said gripping surface.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A sitting bench according to claim 7, wherein said gripping surface has a constant configuration and matches that of said clamping groove.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A sitting bench according to claim 8, further comprising tightening means for tightening said first half-shell and said second half-shell against said gripping surface.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
A sitting bench according to claim 7, further comprising means for tightening said first half-shell and said second half-shell against said gripping surface.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
72 words
A sitting bench comprising: two stands having an and a plurality of V-shaped support surfaces; a plurality of seat slats having a triangular cross-section and arranged to have an apex lie within the V-shaped surface in said V-shaped support surfaces, to extend between said stands, and to define a seating surface; slat-securing means for fastening said slats to said stands; and mounting means for fastening said stands to a horizontal mounting surface.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
72 words
A sitting bench comprising: two stands having an and a plurality of V-shaped support surfaces; a plurality of seat slats having a triangular cross-section and arranged to have an apex lie within the V-shaped surface in said V-shaped support surfaces, to extend between said stands, and to define a seating surface; slat-securing means for fastening said slats to said stands; and mounting means for fastening said stands to a horizontal mounting surface.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
46 words
A sitting bench according to claim 11, wherein each of said stands further comprises a gripping surface on an outer edge and each of said mounting means comprises a first and a second half-shell element, each element having a clamping groove for gripping said gripping surface.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
A sitting bench according to claim 12, wherein said gripping surface has a constant configuration and matches that of said clamping groove.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
A sitting bench according to claim 13, further comprising tightening means for tightening said first half-shell and said second half-shell against said gripping surface.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
A sitting bench according to claim 12, further comprising tightening means for tightening said first half-shell and said second half-shell against said gripping surface.
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