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An apparatus for use in accommodating public seating needs is disclosed. Preferably, the apparatus includes at least a pair of parallel backbone members, a support leg in sliding engagement with the pair of parallel backbone members, a combination seating surface and backrest portion in sliding enga

An apparatus for use in accommodating public seating needs is disclosed. Preferably, the apparatus includes at least a pair of parallel backbone members, a support leg in sliding engagement with the pair of parallel backbone members, a combination seating surface and backrest portion in sliding engagement with the pair of parallel backbone members, and adjacent the support leg, and an end cap secured to the pair of parallel backbone members, and restricting lateral motion of the support leg and the combination seating surface and backrest portion along the pair of parallel backbone members. Preferably the apparatus further accommodates lateral motion of the support leg and the combination seating surface and backrest portion along the pair of parallel backbone members, upon removal of the end cap from the pair of parallel backbone members.

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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising: a pair of parallel backbone members comprising first and second backbone members separated by a gap therebetween; a support leg in sliding engagement with the pair of parallel backbone members along said gap, the support leg comprising opposing first

What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising: a pair of parallel backbone members comprising first and second backbone members separated by a gap therebetween; a support leg in sliding engagement with the pair of parallel backbone members along said gap, the support leg comprising opposing first and second surfaces wherein the first surface matingly contacts the first backbone member and the second surface matingly contacts the second backbone member; a unitary combination seating surface and backrest portion in sliding engagement with the pair of parallel backbone members and adjacent the support leg; and an end cap secured to each of the pair of parallel backbone members and restricting lateral motion of the support leg and the combination seating surface and backrest portion, wherein upon removal of the end cap both the support leg and the combination seating surface and backrest portion are free to slide laterally along the pair of parallel backbone members, and wherein the end cap is separate and distinct from both the support leg and the unitary combination seating surface and backrest portion, said end cap further forms no portion of an arm rest which attaches directly to said unitary combination seating surface and backrest portion. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support leg comprises a base portion configured to rest upon a floor surface and a leg portion which extends upwardly from the base portion at a non-orthogonal angle with respect to the base portion. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said support leg further comprises an armrest. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said combination seating and backrest surface comprises an armrest. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said end cap is attached to said first backbone member by a first fastener and said second backbone member by a second fastener. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, made by steps comprising: supporting the first backbone member and the second backbone member in a parallel relation; sliding the support leg between the first and second backbone members; and sliding the unitary combination seating surface and backrest portion onto the first and second backbone members rigidly affix the first and second backbone members with respect to the support leg. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said combination seating surface and backrest portion comprises a seating surface and a backrest surface, and wherein said combination seating surface and backrest portion further has a sliding engagement area between the seating surface and the backrest surface. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said sliding engagement area comprises a first mounting aperture for sliding engagement with said first backbone member and a second mounting aperture for sliding engagement with said second backbone member. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said combination seating surface and backrest portion is characterized as a first combination seating surface and backrest portion, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a second combination seating surface and backrest portion nominally identical to the first combination seating surface and backrest portion and which slidingly engages the first and second backbone members. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the support leg is disposed between the first combination seating surface and backrest portion and the second combination seating surface and backrest portion. 11. An apparatus comprising: a first backbone member in a spaced apart relation to a second backbone member to form a gap therebetween; a support leg having a leg portion which extends into said gap to slidingly engage and contact the first backbone member and the second backbone member; a combination seating surface and backrest portion which slidingly engages and contacts the first backbone member and the second backbone member; and an end cap which restricts sliding motion of the support leg and the combination seating surface and backrest portion with respect to the first and second backbone members, and in which said end cap further forms no portion of an arm rest, wherein said armrest attaches directly to said unitary combination seating surface and backrest portion. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the leg portion comprises opposing first and second surfaces, the first surface contactingly engaging the first backbone member and the second surface concurrently contactingly engaging the second backbone member. 13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the support leg further comprises a base portion configured to rest upon a floor surface, wherein the leg portion extends upwardly from the base portion at a non-orthogonal angle with respect to the base portion. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein an arm rest extends from the leg portion opposite the base portion. 15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said end cap is attached to said first backbone member by a first fastener and said second backbone member by a second fastener. 16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first and second backbone members are rigidly secured against the leg portion without the use of a fastener. 17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein removal of the end cap allows sliding disengagement of the support leg and the combination seating surface and backrest portion from the leg portion without requiring removal of at least one fastener. 18. The apparatus of claim 11, made by steps comprising: supporting the first backbone member and the second backbone member in a parallel relation; sliding the leg portion between the first and second backbone members; and sliding the combination seating surface and backrest portion onto the first and second backbone members rigidly affix the first and second backbone members with respect to the support leg. 19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said combination seating surface and backrest portion is characterized as a first combination seating surface and backrest portion, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a second combination seating surface and backrest portion nominally identical to the first combination seating surface and backrest portion and which slidingly engages the first and second backbone members. 20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the leg portion is disposed between the first combination seating surface and backrest portion and the second combination seating surface and backrest portion.