Abstract: A seating system for watercraft having a base supporting a seating surface and a backrest pivotably attached to the base. The backrest pivots above the seating surface to provide a plurality of selectable seating positions. The backrest is pivotably attached to the base an arm attached to the side of the backrest. The arm engages a guide member attached to the base, the guide member having one or more positional slots corresponding to the plurality of selectable seating positions. The backrest can be positioned upright, at an angle, or flat with respect to the seating surface to provide a plurality of seating configurations including simultaneous forward and aft seats, an aft-facing lounge seat, and a sunpad. The seating surface comprises hingeable seat cushions permitted access to storage compartments inside the base. The seating system can be installed adjacent to a bulkhead on a watercraft to provide an aft-facing lounge seat.

Abstract: The invention disclosed is for a process of preparing sintered ceramic structures, which includes heating a green ceramic body formed of a sinterable ceramic moiety composited with a heat decomposable combustible organic binder to decompose at least a substantial portion of the organic binder, the decomposition being effected at a temperature below the sintering temperature of the ceramic moiety, the heating being effected while the body is within a zone sufficiently low in free oxygen concentration to substantially prevent flame propagation at the surface of the ceramic moiety; and thereafter heating to sinter the ceramic moiety to form a sintered ceramic structure.