IP Library Granted Patent US 12,285,110
Granted Patent B2
US 12,285,110 · App. 18/170,948 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Bench system and method

Inventor: Nickolas Reinhart (Sarasota, FL)
Assignee: Findlay Machine & Tool, LLC
A47C11/00A47C3/04A47C7/622A47C1/16B64D11/06
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Patent No.
US 12,285,110
App. No.
18/170,948
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bench system is provided. The bench can include a seat with an opening, a plurality of rear legs and a console door. The plurality of rear legs can include a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg. The third leg can be disposed between the first leg and the second leg and have a hollow interior. The console door can be disposed adjacent to the hollow interior of the third leg and the opening of the seat. The console door can also be movable between an open position and a closed position. The bench system can include a first bench and second bench in a stacked arrangement. A method for stacking benches is also provided.

Claims (31)

1. A bench for the outdoors, comprising:

a seat including an opening;

a plurality of rear legs depending from the seat, the plurality of rear legs including a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg, the third leg disposed between the first leg and the second leg, the third leg being in a forward position as compared to the first leg and the second leg, and the third leg having a hollow interior in communication with the opening;

wherein the opening is configured to receive a third leg of another bench for the outdoors therethrough when the another bench is stacked on the bench, the third leg of the another bench passing through the opening of the bench and into the hollow interior of the third leg of the bench.

2. The bench of claim 1 , wherein seat includes a first end, a second end, a first rear corner area, and a second rear corner area, and at least a portion of an upper end of the third leg is positioned between the first end and the second end of the seat, an upper end of the first leg is adjacent the first rear corner area of the seat, and an upper end of the second leg is adjacent the second rear corner area of the seat.

3. The bench of claim 1 , wherein the opening has a first width, the third leg has a second width, the first width and the second width being substantially the same.

4. The bench of claim 1 , wherein the opening is substantially rectangular.

5. The bench of claim 1 , wherein the third leg has a first depth and a second depth, the first depth being greater than the second depth.

6. The bench of claim 1 , wherein a width and a depth of the third leg decease from a first end to a second end.

7. The bench of claim 1 , further comprising a console door disposed adjacent to the opening of the seat, and movable between an open position and a closed position.

8. The bench of claim 7 , wherein a second width of the third leg and a third width of the console door are substantially the same.

9. The bench of claim 7 , wherein a first width of the opening and a third width of the console door are substantially the same.

10. The bench of claim 7 , wherein the console door is substantially rectangular and includes ludes posts and a slot configured to allow air to flow through the console door.

11. The bench of claim 1 , further including a backrest, a plurality of front legs disposed adjacent to the seat, and a pair of armrests including a first armrest and a second armrest coupled to the plurality of front legs and the backrest.

12. The bench of claim 11 , wherein the first armrest and the second armrest include a first recess, a second recess, a first aperture, and a second aperture, the first recess and the second recess configured to hold a beverage container, the first aperture and the second aperture configured to hold a mobile device, and the first recess, the second recess, the first aperture, and the second aperture each have a drainage hole.

13. The bench of claim 11 , wherein the backrest includes a first support and a second support, each of the first support and the second support being arched.

14. A bench system, comprising:

a first bench including

a seat having an opening,

a plurality of rear legs depending from the seat, the plurality of rear legs including a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg, the third leg disposed between the first leg and the second leg, the third leg being in a forward position as compared to the first leg and the second leg, the third leg having a hollow interior, and

a console door disposed adjacent to the hollow interior of the third leg and the opening of the seat, the console door movable between an open position and a closed position; and

a second bench including

a seat having an opening,

a plurality of rear legs depending from the seat, the plurality of rear legs including a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg, the third leg disposed between the first leg and the second leg, the third leg being in a forward position as compared to the first leg and the second leg, the third leg having a hollow interior;

wherein second bench is stacked atop the first bench in a stacked arrangement and the console door of the first bench is in the opened position, and the third leg of the second bench is disposed within the hollow interior of the third leg of the first bench.

15. The bench of claim 14 , wherein

the seat of the first bench includes a first end, a second end, a first rear corner area, and a second rear corner area, and at least a portion of an upper end of the third leg is positioned between the first end and the second end of the seat, an upper end of the first leg is adjacent the first rear corner area of the seat, and an upper end of the second leg is adjacent the second rear corner area of the seat, and

the seat of the second bench includes a first end, a second end, a first rear corner area, and a second rear corner area, and at least a portion of an upper end of the third leg is positioned between the first end and the second end of the seat, an upper end of the first leg is adjacent the first rear corner area of the seat, and an upper end of the second leg is adjacent the second rear corner area of the seat.

16. The bench system of claim 14 , wherein the second bench includes a protrusion, the protrusion disposed adjacent to the console door of the first bench when the first bench and the second bench are in the stacked arrangement.

17. The bench system of claim 14 , wherein an underside of the seat of the second bench abuts a top side of the seat of the first bench.

18. The bench system of claim 14 , wherein the third leg of the second bench abuts the hollow interior of the third leg of the first bench.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 066546 FRAME 0389 Recorded Mar 24, 2026
From: ABL OPCO LLC (SUCCESSOR BY ASSIGNMENT TO AB LENDING SPV I LLC)
To: FINDLAY MACHINE & TOOL, LLC
Reel/Frame 075217/0018 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2026
From: NICKOLAS BRANDS, LLC
To: AGNA, LLC
Reel/Frame 075113/0592 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2026
From: FINDLAY MACHINE & TOOL, LLC
To: NICKOLAS BRANDS, LLC
Reel/Frame 075040/0462 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: FINDLAY MACHINE & TOOL, LLC
To: AB LENDING SPV I LLC, D/B/A MOUNTAIN RIDGE CAPITAL, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 066546/0389 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2024
From: NICKOLAS BRANDS, LLC
To: FINDLAY MACHINE & TOOL, LLC
Reel/Frame 066360/0717 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2023
From: REINHART, NICKOLAS
To: NICKOLAS BRANDS, LLC
Reel/Frame 064085/0384 →
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