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US 6,582,004 B1Granted
Pivoting seat assembly
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorNicholas Hamm
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Abstract
An operator seat assembly for use with a utility vehicle is provided. The assembly permits the seat to be adjusted fore and aft between a plurality of positions and includes a tubular hip restraint which is integral to and shiftable with the seat. One leg of the hip restraint serves as a pivot to allow the seat to tilt forwardly from an operative position to a storage position to protect it from the elements when not in use.
Claims4
A seat assembly usable with an off-road vehicle having
- a frame supported by front and rear wheels;
- a power source carried on the frame and operatively connected with the wheels of drivingly powering the vehicle;
- an operator station carried by the frame between the front and rear wheels;
- said seat assembly being carried in the operator station and comprising:
- a seat base,
- a seat member having an outboard side,
- a slide mechanism carried between the base and frame for adjustably shifting the seat member between a plurality of fore and aft spaced apart positions,
- a generally U-shaped hip restraint having transversely extending front and rear leg members with a generally upstanding portion positioned adjacent the outboard side of the seat member, said restraint being operatively coupled with the seat base and shiftable therewith, and
- structure pivotally securing seat member with the front leg member to permit the seat member to be swingably moved between a forwardly tilted position and an operative position, said structure including a bushing attached to the front leg member and a bracket attached to the seat member with the bushing being receivable in a U-shaped seat carried by the bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.