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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2003
Kenneth A. Ahrens, Mattawan, MI (US);
Richard A. Vance, Carmel, IN (US);
David Mccoy, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Daniel R. Victor, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Kenneth A. Ahrens, Mattawan, MI (US);
Richard A. Vance, Carmel, IN (US);
David McCoy, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Daniel R. Victor, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Interkal, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A self-storing telescoping seat assembly is disclosed which comprises 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 and a handrail assembly affixed to a corresponding row of seating in a single assembled position with respect to that row. The handrail assembly stays in the single assembled position as the rows move between the extended position and the retracted position. The handrail assembly can have a top handrail and a lower handrail which cooperate to form an opening, and the opening is preferably adapted to receive the front face of a deck of a row of seating when the rows of seating are in the retracted position. A front face can be formed by the rows of seating in the retracted position, and the handrail assembly has a post which preferably extends in front of the front face when the rows of seating are in the retracted position. The handrail assembly can also have the top handrail and bottom handrail extend in front of the front face of the corresponding deck.