Hydraulic seat lift for all-terrain vehicles

Abstract

The present invention 10 discloses a hydraulic seat lift 20 for an all-terrain vehicle 26 having the driver's seat 16 located on a top portion of a platform 20 and the superior end of the hydraulic scissor-lift mechanism 44 fastened to a side portion of the platform 20 in a manner that would raise the driver seated on the platform as the hydraulic scissor-lift mechanism 44 is extended and would lower the operator as it retracts. The hydraulic scissor-lift mechanism comprises two hydraulically powered scissor-lifts 44 located on opposing sides of the seat lift platform 20 with each scissor-lift comprising inversely paired diagonal cross-members that are medially connected to one another with the distal ends of each pair of cross-members pivotably connected to the distal ends of the next pair of cross-members which can be repeated to form a vertically stacked series of interconnected cross-members. Each end of a scissor-lift 44 has the distal end of one cross-member attached to a stationary scissor pin 52 to remain in a fixed position while its opposite cross-member slides within an elongated recess 68 on a scissor roller 64 when an attached hydraulic lift bar 62 is driven by a hydraulic piston 60 to increase or decrease the distance between the two ends thereby extending or retracting the scissor-lift 44 accordingly.

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