Universal tractor seat
AssigneeMichigan Seat Company
InventorWillis MacCready
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Abstract
Seat mounting apparatus, especially for use with tractors and similar vehicles, utilizing a seat supporting mounting plate and support arms adjustably affixed thereto wherein elongated slots defined on the mounting plate permit the arms to be selectively positioned and affixed to the plate in a wide variety of patterns permitting the plate and associated seat to be readily mounted upon a wide variety of vehicles without requiring modification to the vehicle or machining of the plate or seat structure.
Claims3
A universal seat mounting bracket comprising, in combination, a single plate of generally planar configuration having upper and lower surfaces, lateral sides and front and rear edges, a plurality of slots defined in said plate intersecting said upper and lower surfaces, said slots including first portions extending substantially parallel to said lateral sides and second portions extending substantially perpendicular to said first portions defining a cross configuration wherein said first and second portions each include central regions and said portions intersect each other at said central regions, a plurality of elongated arms each having elongated slots defined therein extending in the direction of the length of said arms, threaded bolts extending through selected plate slots and arm's slots mounting said arms upon said plate lower surface in a predetermined relation thereto wherein said arms extend beyond said plate's lateral sides, and hinged seat mounting means defined on said plate adjacent said front edge.
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