Adjustable seat for a boat
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsBlair A. Donat, David A. Yoder
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Abstract
An adjustable seat assembly may have a seat back that is configurable in a fore position or a stern-facing seat, an aft position for a bow-facing seat, and a pillow position which facilitates a user laying down across the stern-facing seat. In addition, the seat back may be placed in a stowed position in which the seat back is absent from both the bow-facing and stern-facing seats, such that the seats cooperate to provide a planar support surface along an aft-to-fore extent of the seat assembly. The seat back may be adjustable by hand without tools, such that a user may easily reconfigure the seat assembly to sit facing the bow, to sit facing the stern, or to lie down.
Claims21
A seat assembly for a boat, the seat assembly comprising:
- an aft seat;
- a fore seat;
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- a seat back pivotable between a first seating orientation and a second seating orientation, the seat back further adjustable into a pillow orientation from one of the first orientation and the second orientation, the seat back being moveable to provide an upwardly-facing planar support surface extending across the aft seat and the fore seat unobstructed by the seat back when the seat back is stored lower than an upper surface of the aft seat and lower than an upper surface of the fore seat.
A seat assembly for a boat, the seat assembly comprising:
- an aft seat;
- a fore seat;
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- a seat back pivotable between a first seating orientation and a second seating orientation, the seat back further adjustable into a pillow orientation from one of the first orientation and the second orientation;
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- a substructure to which the seat back is pivotably connected via a linkage assembly, the linkage assembly comprising:
- a seat base arm connected to the substructure, wherein the seat base arm is pivotable connected to the substructure;
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- a retention crossbar selectively engaged with the seat base arm to limit a rotation of the seat base arm when engaged and to allow the rotation of the seat base arm when disengaged, such that the seat base arm facilitates the seat back entering a stowed position as the seat base arm rotates.
A seat assembly for a boat, the seat assembly comprising:
- an aft seat;
- a fore seat;
- a seat back pivotable between a first seating orientation and a second seating orientation, the seat back further adjustable into a pillow orientation from one of the first orientation and the second orientation;
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- a substructure to which the seat back is pivotably connected via a linkage assembly, the linkage assembly comprising:
- a seat back arm fixed to the seat back;
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- a seat base arm connected to the substructure, the seat back arm pivotably connected to the seat base arm, wherein one of the seat base arm and the seat back arm includes an arcuate slot.
A seat assembly for a boat, the seat assembly comprising:
- an aft seat having a leading edge and a first width;
- a fore seat having a leading edge a second width;
- a seat back pivotable between a first seating orientation and a second seating orientation;
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- a substructure to which the seat back is pivotably connected via a first linkage assembly and a second linkage assembly, a separation between the first linkage assembly and the second linkage assembly defining a third width, the third width being less than the first width and the second width, the first linkage assembly and the second linkage assembly being positioned between the leading edge of the aft seat and the leading edge of the fore seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.