Vehicle seat for accommodating a wheelchair
AssigneePriestman Goode Limited
InventorsPaul Priestman, Nick Moyes, Nigel Ian Smith
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Abstract
A vehicle seat configured to be fixed in a vehicle is defined. The vehicle seat comprises a seat back configured such that when the seat is fixed in the vehicle there is a gap between a lower edge of the seat back and a floor of the vehicle to enable wheels of a wheelchair to protrude through the gap. The vehicle seat further comprises a seat base wherein the seat base is either: foldable between a first position in which the seat base acts as a base to the seat and a second position in which the seat base is stowed against the seat back; or removable from the seat back. The seat base is foldable or removable to allow the seat base to be stowed when the seat is used by the wheelchair.
Claims20
A vehicle seat configured to be fixed in a vehicle, the seat comprising:
- a seat back configured such that when the seat is fixed in the vehicle there is a gap between a lower edge of the seat back and a floor of the vehicle to enable wheels of a wheelchair to protrude through the gap;
- a seat base wherein the seat base is either:
- foldable between a first position in which the seat base acts as a base to the seat and a second position in which the seat base is stowed against the seat back;
- or
- removable from the seat back;
- wherein
- the seat base is foldable or removable to allow the seat base to be stowed when the seat is used by the wheelchair;
- a first front leg which supports a first side of the seat base, wherein the first front leg is either foldable or removable to enable the first front leg to be stowed when the seat is used by the wheelchair;
- and
- a first back leg which further supports the first side of the seat base, wherein there is no side support between the first front leg and the first back leg to enable unimpeded side access to the seat.
A vehicle seat configured to be fixed in a vehicle, the seat comprising:
- a seat back configured such that when the seat is fixed in the vehicle there is a gap between a lower edge of the seat back and a floor of the vehicle to enable wheels of a wheelchair to protrude through the gap;
- a seat base wherein the seat base is either:
- foldable between a first position in which the seat base acts as a base to the seat and a second position in which the seat base is stowed against the seat back;
- or
- removable from the seat back;
- wherein
- the seat base is foldable or removable to allow the seat base to be stowed when the seat is used by the wheelchair;
- and
- a wheel protector foldable between a first position in which the wheel protector is stowed against an underside of the seat base and a second position in which the wheel protector extends through the gap between the lower edge of the seat back and the surface of the vehicle to provide protection for the wheels of the wheelchair.
A vehicle seat configured to be fixed in a vehicle, the seat comprising:
- a seat back configured such that when the seat is fixed in the vehicle there is a gap between a lower edge of the seat back and a floor of the vehicle to enable wheels of a wheelchair to protrude through the gap, the seat back having a removable cushion wherein removing the removable cushion from the seat back leaves a void in seat back which is sized and shaped to accommodate stowed seat base, and optionally wherein the removable cushion is foldable to allow easy storage;
- and
- a seat base wherein the seat base is either:
- foldable between a first position in which the seat base acts as a base to the seat and a second position in which the seat base is stowed against the seat back;
- or
- removable from the seat back;
- wherein
- the seat base is foldable or removable to allow the seat base to be stowed when the seat is used by the wheelchair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.