ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,802, issued on May 26.

"Deck seating assembly" was invented by Edward Lafe Altshuler (Erie, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 Alpha from the horizontal direction between 65deg and 90deg from the horizontal direction, a ...