Apparatus for positioning an occupant of a vehicle
AssigneeSchroth Safety Products GmbH
InventorCarl-Jürgen Schroth
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Abstract
Apparatus for positioning an occupant of a vehicle in an area of a closeable roof hatch includes a carrier frame suspended within a vehicle below the roof hatch and including a vertical support portion and a horizontal standing area connected to the vertical support portion. A seat assembly for the occupant has a backrest which is guided by the vertical support portion for movement in a vertical direction between upper and lower end positions and is spring-biased to seek the upper end position. The seat assembly has a seating area, which is swingably mounted to a lower end of the backrest, and a coupling brace, which has one end swingably mounted to the seating area and another end swingably mounted to the standing area. Connected to the seat assembly is a seat belt for fastening the occupant.
Claims23
Apparatus for positioning an occupant of a vehicle in an area of a closeable roof hatch, comprising:
- a carrier frame constructed for suspended securement in a vehicle below a roof hatch and including a vertical support portion and a horizontal standing area connected to the vertical support portion;
- a seat assembly for the occupant, said seat assembly having a backrest guided by the vertical support portion for movement in a vertical direction between upper and lower end positions and spring-biased to seek the upper end position, a seating area swingably mounted to a lower end of the backrest allowing pivotal movement from a horizontal disposition to a substantially vertical position in a direction of the carrier frame out of a movement path of the occupant, when the occupant moves to an upright position, and a coupling brace having one end swingably mounted to the seating area and another end swingably mounted to the standing area;
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- a seat belt connected to the seat assembly.
Apparatus for moving an occupant of a vehicle between a seated position and an upright position, comprising:
- a carrier frame constructed for suspended securement to a roof of a vehicle;
- a seat assembly mounted to the carrier frame for movement between a collapsed configuration in which an occupant is seated on a seating area, and a stretched configuration in which the occupant assumes an upright disposition at a distance to a vehicle's bottom, with the seating area pivotally swinging in a direction of the carrier frame, to a substantially vertical position out of a movement path of the occupant when the occupant moves to the upright disposition, said seat assembly being spring-biased to seek the stretched configuration;
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- a seat belt for fastening the occupant to the seat assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.