Swiveling vehicle seat

A vehicle seat assembly for a front passenger area of a vehicle, the vehicle seat assembly comprising:

• a vehicle seat having a back support portion and a bottom portion:
• a base coupled to the bottom portion, the base being adapted for coupling the seat to a vehicle;
• the vehicle seat being swivelable between a forward facing and a rearward facing orientation relative to the vehicle;
• said bottom portion including a swivel adjustment assembly and said base including a plurality of retaining indents for engaging said swivel adjustment assembly whereby said bottom portion is prevented from rotating relative to said base;
• a biasing assembly positioned in said interior space of said bottom portion, said biasing assembly being for biasing said swivel arm downwardly into engagement with a selectable one of said retaining indents;
• said biasing assembly including a generally S-shaped retention bracket coupled to an interior wall of said bottom portion, said biasing assembly including a biasing member retention plate coupled to an upper surface of said adjustment arm, said biasing member retention plate being aligned with a biasing member retention portion of said retention bracket;
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• a biasing member being positioned between said biasing member retention plate and said biasing member retention portion of said retention bracket.

A vehicle seat assembly for a front passenger area of a vehicle, the vehicle seat assembly comprising:

• a vehicle seat having a back support portion and a bottom portion;
• a base coupled to the bottom portion, the base being adapted for coupling the seat to a vehicle;
• the vehicle seat being rotatable between a forward facing and a rearward facing orientation relative to the vehicle;
• said base having a generally cylindrical hole and a threaded connection member extending upwardly in said hole;
• said bottom portion having a generally cylindrical connecting portion positionable in said cylindrical hole of said base, said connection portion being coupled to said connection member of said base such that said vehicle seat is rotatable around said connection member of said base;
• said base having an annular bottom groove on an upper surface of said base;
• said bottom portion having an annular upper groove on a lower surface of said bottom portion, said upper groove being alignable with said lower groove when said bottom portion is engaged to said base;
• a plurality of bearings being positioned between said lower groove and said upper groove for facilitating rotation of said bottom portion relative to said base;
• said bottom portion including a swivel adjustment assembly and said base including a plurality of retaining indents for engaging said swivel adjustment assembly whereby said bottom portion is prevented from rotating relative to said base;
• said swivel adjustment assembly having an adjustment arm having a proximal end pivotally coupled to said bottom portion, said adjustment arm being positioned substantially within an interior space of said bottom portion, said adjustment arm further having an extension portion depending downwardly from a medial portion of said adjustment arm through an aperture in a bottom of said bottom portion, said adjustment arm having a retaining portion depending downwardly from said extension portion, said retaining portion being insertable into said retaining indents for preventing rotation of said bottom portion relative to said base;
• a biasing assembly positioned in said interior space of said bottom portion, said biasing assembly being for biasing said swivel arm downwardly into engagement with a selectable one of said retaining indents;
• a distal end of said swivel arm protruding outwardly from a side of said bottom portion such that said distal end is adapted for manipulation by a user to disengage said adjustment arm from said retaining indent for permitting rotation of said bottom portion relative to said base;
• said biasing assembly including a generally S-shaped retention bracket coupled to an interior wall of said bottom portion, said biasing assembly including a biasing member retention plate coupled to an upper surface of said adjustment arm, said biasing member retention plate being aligned with a biasing member retention portion of said retention bracket;
• a biasing member being positioned between said biasing member retention plate and said biasing member retention portion of said retention bracket;
• said plurality of retaining indents comprising a pair of diametrically opposed retaining indents positioned such that said vehicle seat is positioned in a forward facing orientation when said swivel adjustment assembly is engaged to a first one of said pair of retaining indents;
• wherein said vehicle seat is positioned in a rearward facing orientation when said swivel adjustment assembly is engaged to a second one of said pair of retaining indents;
• said back support portion of said vehicle seat being pivotally coupled to said bottom portion such that said back support portion is selectively positionable substantially coplanar with respect to said bottom portion;
• said back support portion further being selectively positionable to fold over said bottom portion of said bottom portion;
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• wherein said back support portion is adapted for being positioned in spaced relationship to an air bag of the vehicle for preventing injury to an infant positioned in said vehicle seat while said vehicle seat is positioned in said rearward facing orientation.