ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,846, issued on Sept. 29.
"Modular seating system" was invented by Benjamin Parsa (Placerville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating module, having a frame having four rectangular corners. Upper and lower attachment connectors are located at each corner and are connected by a pair of horizontal supports in a scissor configuration. Brace bars extend between the upper attachment connectors at adjacent corners and deck supports extend between diagonal corners. A deck pad is secured on top of the brace bars. In some embodiments, the frame includes one or more cross bars extending above the deck pad to provide armless, corner, ...