Deck seating assembly

Abstract

Disclosed herein are embodiments describing a seat deck panel that is defined by at least an outer perimeter. The outer perimeter includes: a base edge, a seat edge and a cap rail edge that are parallel to one another and extend in a horizontal direction, a base-to-seat edge that joins the base edge joins the seat edge, a back rest edge that joins the seat edge to the cap rail edge, the back rest edge is at an angle α from the horizontal direction between 65° and 90° from the horizontal direction, a rear edge that extends between the cap rail edge and at least to the base edge. The seat deck panel can cooperate with a plurality of other like seat deck panels to be mounted to a deck and assembled with seat planks for outdoor deck seating.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A deck seat support stay comprising:
 a front face of a front panel defined by at least an outer front perimeter that includes a base edge, a seat edge and a cap rail edge that are parallel to one another and extend in a horizontal direction,   a base-to-seat edge that joins the base edge and joins the seat edge,   a back rest edge that joins the seat edge to the cap rail edge, the back rest edge is at an angle β from the horizontal direction between 65° and 90° from the horizontal direction,   a rear edge that extends between the cap rail edge and at least to the base edge;   a back face of a back panel defined by an outer back perimeter that is substantially a mirror-image of the front panel; and   stay sides extend in the Z direction from the front panel to the back panel and joins the front panel to the back panel.   
     
     
         2 . The deck seat support stay of  claim 1  wherein the stay sides the front panel and the back panel define a hollow box structure. 
     
     
         3 . The deck seat support stay of  claim 2  wherein the stay sides extend from each of the front panel and the back panel and are shelled together in an overlapping arrangement to form the box structure. 
     
     
         4 . The deck seat support stay of  claim 1  wherein the front panel further defining an lip edge that extends in the opposite direction as the back rest edge at 90° to the base edge, the lip edge essentially joins to the rear edge. 
     
     
         5 . The deck seat support stay of  claim 4  wherein the lip edge joins the rear edge by way of a lip edge. 
     
     
         6 . The deck seat support stay of  claim 4  wherein the front panel and the back panel cooperate with an attachment bracket via bracket sides, the attachment bracket attaches to a deck along an attachment bracket base. 
     
     
         7 . The deck seat support stay of  claim 1  wherein the base edge, the seat edge, the cap rail edge, base-to-seat edge, the back rest edge and the rear edge are all linear. 
     
     
         8 . The deck seat support stay of  claim 1  where in a top-to-rear edge joins the cap rail edge and the rear edge. 
     
     
         9 . The deck seat support stay of  claim 1  wherein the front panel, the back panel and the stay sides defined a solid deck seat support stay. 
     
     
         10 . The deck seat support stay on  claim 1  wherein a second deck seat support stay, that is essentially identical to the deck seat support stay, is mounted to a deck at a predetermined distance from the deck seat support stay and a seat plank is mounted to the seat edge of both of the deck seat support stay and the second deck seat support stay which is also mounted to the deck. 
     
     
         11 . A deck seat panel comprising:
 a front panel defined by a perimeter that includes a base edge defined in a horizontal direction,   a base-to-seat edge extending at least partially vertically to join a seat edge at a seat edge leading end, the seat edge is vertically above the base edge,   a back rest edge extending at an angle β between 60° and 90° from the horizontal direction and terminating at a cap rail edge, the back rest edge extending in a positive direction from a seat edge trailing end, the cap rail edge extending in the horizontal direction and terminating into a rear edge,   the rear edge extending from the base edge to the back rest edge at an angle α from the horizontal direction between 65° and 90° from the horizontal direction; and   a back panel that is substantially the mirror image of the front panel, the back panel joined to the front panel via a perimeter side.   
     
     
         12 . The deck seat panel of  claim 11  wherein the deck seat panel is a solid panel. 
     
     
         13 . The deck seat panel of  claim 11  wherein the perimeter is further defined by a lip edge that extends vertically from the base edge at 90° in a negative direction opposite the positive direction, the lip edge meeting the rear edge. 
     
     
         14 . The deck seat panel of  claim 13  wherein the perimeter is further defined by a lip edge joiner that connects the lip edge with the rear edge. 
     
     
         15 . The deck seat panel of  claim 13  wherein the rear edge and the base edge are configured to fixedly attach to an edge bracket that is affixed to a deck edge. 
     
     
         16 . The deck seat panel of  claim 15  wherein the edge bracket is a U-channel bracket that connects to a front panel interior surface of the front panel and a back panel interior surface of the back panel. 
     
     
         17 . The deck seat panel of  claim 11  wherein the rear edge is connected to the base edge. 
     
     
         18 . The deck seat panel of  claim 17  wherein the base edge is configured to fixedly attach to a surface mount bracket that is affixed to a deck surface. 
     
     
         19 . A deck seat component comprising:
 a panel defined by a deck seat perimeter, the deck seat perimeter defined by a rear edge extending in a positive vertical direction at an angle α between 55° and 90°, the angle α having an α-base defined from a positive horizontal direction,   the rear edge connecting to a top-to-rear edge,   the top-to-rear edge extending in the positive vertical direction at an angle α between 55° and 90° from the rear edge,   the top-to-rear edge connecting to a cap rail edge,   the cap rail edge extending in a negative horizontal direction at an angle α of approximately 0° from the top-to-rear edge,   the cap rail edge connecting to a back rest edge,   the back rest edge connecting to a seat edge, the back rest edge extending in a positive vertical direction at an angle βbetween 55° and 90° from the seat edge to the cap rail edge, the angle β having a β-base defined from the positive horizontal direction,   the seat edge extending in a negative horizontal direction at an angle α of approximately 0° from the back rest edge,   the seat edge is connected to base-to-seat edge,   the base-to-seat edge extending in the negative vertical direction from the seat edge,   the base-to-seat edge connected to a base edge,   the base edge extending in the positive horizontal direction at an angle α of approximately 0°, the base-to-seat edge extending from the base edge in a positive vertical direction at an angle α of between 90° and 120°,   the base edge extending toward the rear edge.   
     
     
         20 . The deck seat component of  claim 19  wherein the deck seat perimeter further defined by a lip edge connected to the base edge and extending in the negative vertical direction at 90° from the base edge, the lip edge connects either directly with the rear edge or indirectly by way of a lip edge joiner.