Personal transportation vehicle with pivoting seat and cargo bay
AssigneeClub Car, Inc.
InventorsGregory Harris McGraw, William David Reeves, Jr., Joseph Mark Butler
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a utility vehicle having a pivotable seat connected by a hinge to a fixed platform. The pivotable seat is configured to pivot between a first position and a second position defining a standard seat location and a first wall of a cargo bay, respectively. A seatback is configured to form a second wall of a cargo bay when the pivotable seat is in the second position. First and second opposing side walls are positioned on either side of the pivotable seat. The side walls are configured to form barriers at either side of the cargo bay when the pivotable seat is in the second position.
Claims20
A personal utility vehicle comprising:
- a chassis having a motive source, a steering mechanism, and a plurality of wheels;
- a platform supported by the chassis;
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- a seat having a seat bottom and a seat back, wherein the seat bottom is movable with respect to the seat back, from a first position in which the seat bottom cooperates with the seat back to define a seating area, to a second position where the seat bottom and the platform define a portion of a surface of a cargo bay, wherein the platform includes a movable portion bounded by an outer fixed portion positioned around the movable portion.
A personal utility vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis having a motive source, a steering mechanism, and a plurality of wheels;
- a platform supported by the chassis;
- a seat having a seat bottom and a seat back, wherein the seat bottom is movable with respect to the seat back, from a first position in which the seat bottom cooperates with the seat back to define a seating area, to a second position where the seat bottom and the platform define a portion of a surface of a cargo bay;
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- a support rail connected to the chassis, wherein when the seat bottom is in the first position, the seat back is positioned proximate one edge of the seat bottom and the support rail is positioned proximate an opposite edge of the seat bottom, so that the seat bottom pivots towards the support rail when moving from the first position to the second position.
A utility vehicle comprising:
- a seat connected by a hinge to a platform, the seat configured to move between a first position and a second position, the first position defining a standard seat location and the second position defining a portion of a surface of a cargo bay;
- a seat back configured to form a wall of the cargo bay when the seat is in the second position, wherein the seat back remains in the same position to define the standard seat location and the cargo bay;
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- first and second opposing side walls positioned on either side of the seat, the first and second opposing side walls configured to form side barriers for the cargo bay when the seat is in the second position, wherein the first and second opposing side walls are each defined by a rail member having an open interior region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.