Patent · US Expired

Convertible restaurant seating

US4553359A · kind A · utility

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5References
3Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1983
Grant dateNov 19, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 21, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S52/13
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A prior art type of restaurant seating includes a longitudinal row of laterally extending consecutive seating stations delineated by and individually accessible from parallel longitudinal aisles. The invention herein discloses means for additionally employing such prior art restaurant seating in a condition where an individual seating station might be temporarily converted into a pair of laterally shorter seating zones to accommodate two small dining groups in a private and aesthetic setting. The convertible restaurant seating includes an upright partition extending medially longitudinally through the row of seating stations, the partition having a view-way in lateral registry with each consecutive dining table and which view-way can be temporarily closed-off with apt closure means.

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