Safety seat
AssigneeClark Equipment Company
InventorsThomas W. Roney, Maynard L. Adams
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Abstract
A safety seat assembly for use with industrial vehicles, such as fork lift trucks, that employs both upper and lower body restraints to prevent the ejection of the operator from the vehicle cab area in the event of a lateral overturn. The lower body restraint is provided by the cooperation of the arm rests and a safety belt which is selectively engageable with the arm rests. The left arm rest pivots outwardly and the belt hinges to an upright position, facilitating access to the seat. The upper body restraint is provided by forwardly extending guard members attached to arms which project laterally from the back support on each side of the seat assembly.
Claims18
A safety seat assembly for use with industrial vehicles comprising upper and lower restraint means for keeping the body of the operator within the confines of the vehicle cab area, said assembly including a seat member and a back support member mounted generally perpendicular to the seat member, said upper restraint means including a right supporting arm extending laterally and forwardly from said back support member and having a first guard neans disposed on the outer end thereof and a left support arm extending laterally and forwardly from said back support member and having a second guard means disposed on the outer end thereof, said lower restraint means including a safety belt and one arm rest having one end of said safety belt connected thereto and another arm rest pivotable laterally outwardly from said seat member on a substantially horizontal plane and having a plurality of fastening means for receiving and releasably holding the other end of said safety belt.
A safety seat assembly for protecting vehicle operators comprising a frame with a seat member and a back support member mounted thereon, a first arm rest mounted on one side of said frame and extending forwardly from said back support member above and generally parallel with the plane of said seat member along the operator's right side, a generally horizontally disposed, outwardly pivotable arm rest mounted on the other side of said frame and having a first position parallel with said first arm rest and a second position approximately ninety degrees laterally ouwardly from said first position, said pivotable arm rest having a plurality of fastening means formed thereiu, and a belt having one end secured to said first arm rest and an opposite end having a latch mounted thereon for selectively engaging said fastening means.
In a safety seat assembly for protecting vehicles operators including a frame with a back support member, right and left guard means extend laterally from positions near the upper edge of said back support member for keeping the upper body of the operator within the confines of the vehicle cab area, and said guard means include right and left support arms extending laterally from and parallel with said back support member and having generally rectangular right and left upper body restraining members disposed thereon, said restraining members being disposed generally perpendicular to said support arms, and right and left arm rests secured to said back support member beneath said guard means, one of said arms being pivoted adjacent to said back support member for laterally, outwardly pivoting movement on a substantially horizontal plane.
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