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US 7,156,442 B2Granted
Adjustable vehicle seat
AssigneeThe Riverbank, LLC
InventorsPatrick W. McManus, Martin P. McManus
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Abstract
An adjustable seat for a vehicle includes a first support and a second support connected to the first support to form a seat, a mount for attachment to the vehicle floor; and an adjustment mechanism. The seat is movable between a forward orientation wherein the second support faces forward and a rearward orientation wherein the first support faces rearward.
Claims62
A vehicle including a
- body having a floor, and
- an adjustable seat including
- a first support having a first end and a second end;
- a second support having a first end and a second end, the second support first end being connected to the first support first end to form a seat having a first side and a second side;
- a mount configured for attachment to the vehicle;
- and
- a headrest, each of the first support and the second support including an opening for receiving the headrest,
- wherein the seat is movable between a forward orientation wherein the first support forms a first angle relative to the floor and the second support forms a second angle relative to the floor, and a rearward orientation wherein the first support forms the second angle and the second support forms the first angle.
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A vehicle including a
- body having a floor, and
- a seat including
- a first support;
- a second support;
- and
- a mount configured for mounting to the vehicle to support the first and second supports above a floor of the vehicle;
- and
- a headrest, each of the supports including an opening for receiving the headrest;
- wherein the supports are pivotable about an axis between a forward orientation wherein the second support is substantially upright relative to the floor and a rearward orientation wherein the first support is substantially upright relative to the floor.
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A vehicle including a
- body having a floor, and
- a seat including
- a first support;
- a second support;
- a mount configured for attachment to the vehicle;
- and
- a powered drive mechanism connected to the mount for moving the first and second supports about an axis that is substantially parallel to a floor of the vehicle between a first position wherein the supports form a seat in a forward orientation, and a second position, wherein the supports form a seat in a rearward orientation.
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A vehicle including a
- body having a floor, and
- a seat including
- a first support having a first surface,
- a second support having a second surface;
- a mount adapted for connection to the vehicle;
- and
- a powered drive mechanism interacting with the mount to move the first and second supports between a first position wherein the first surface is substantially perpendicular to a floor of the vehicle, and a second position wherein the first surface is substantially parallel to the floor, the second surface being substantially parallel to the floor when in the first position and substantially perpendicular to the floor when in the second position.
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A vehicle including a
- body having a floor, and
- a seat including
- a first support having a first surface,
- a second support having a second surface;
- a mount adapted for connection to the vehicle;
- a drive mechanism interacting with the mount to move the first and second supports between a first position wherein the first surface is substantially perpendicular to a floor of the vehicle, and a second position wherein the first surface is substantially parallel to the floor, the second surface being substantially parallel to the floor when in the first position and substantially perpendicular to the floor when in the second position, and
- a support assembly configured to increase a vertical dimension of the first surface when in the first position and the second surface when in the second position.
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A vehicle including:
- a frame;
- and
- an adjustable seat supported by the frame, the adjustable seat including
- a first support including a first section and a second section;
- and
- a second support including a first section and a second section, the first and second supports each movable between substantially horizontal and substantially vertical positions, placing one of the first and second supports in the substantially horizontal position causes the respective second section to assume a retracted position, and placing one of the first and second supports in the substantially vertical position causes the respective second section to assume an extended position.
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A vehicle including
- a body;
- and
- an adjustable seat operably coupled to the body, the adjustable seat including
- a first support including a first section and a second section;
- and
- a second support including a first section configured to support a first portion of a passenger and a second section configured to support a second portion of a passenger positioned at a different longitudinal position than the first portion, the first and second supports each movable between substantially horizontal and substantially vertical positions, the first section of the first support being movable relative to the second section of the first support, the first section of the second support being movable relative to the second section of the second support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.