Seat switch

An off-highway vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• at least one wheel supporting the chassis;
• an engine mounted on the chassis;
• a transmission for driving the at least one wheel in response to operation of the engine;
• a seat frame including web support portions;
• a resilient web extending between and connected to the web support portions, and adapted to support an operator of the vehicle;
• a switch actuable between a first position in which the switch enables operation of the engine and a second position in which the switch disables the engine;
• and
• a tension member mounted directly to the web and operable to actuate the switch to the first position in response to tension applied to the web;
• wherein the switch is mounted directly to the web.

An off-highway vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• at least one wheel supporting the chassis;
• an engine mounted on the chassis;
• a transmission for driving the at least one wheel in response to operation of the engine;
• a seat frame including web support portions;
• a resilient web extending between and connected to the web support portions, and adapted to support an operator of the vehicle;
• a switch actuable between a first position in which the switch enables operation of the engine and a second position in which the switch disables the engine;
• and
• a tension member mounted directly to the web and operable to actuate the switch to the first position in response to tension applied to the web;
• wherein when the tension member is at a preset tension the switch is in the second position and wherein tension in excess of the preset tension in the tension member moves the switch to the first position.

An off-highway vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• at least one wheel supporting the chassis;
• an engine mounted on the chassis;
• a transmission for driving the at least one wheel in response to operation of the engine;
• a seat frame including web support portions;
• a resilient web extending between and connected to the web support portions, and adapted to support an operator of the vehicle;
• a switch actuable between a first position in which the switch enables operation of the engine and a second position in which the switch disables the engine;
• and
• a tension member mounted directly to the web and operable to actuate the switch to the first position in response to tension applied to the web;
• further comprising fasteners directly securing both tension member and switch to the resilient web.

A seat for an off-highway vehicle including a chassis, an engine including an ignition system, a transmission, and at least one wheel supporting the chassis and driven by the transmission in response to operation of the engine, the seat comprising:

• a frame including web support portions;
• a resilient web extending between and connected to the web support portions, and adapted to support an operator of the vehicle;
• a tension member attached directly to the resilient web at a preset tension;
• and
• a switch connected to the tension member and directly attached to the resilient web, the switch having a first position that disables the ignition system and a second position that enables the ignition system;
• wherein when the tension member is at the preset tension the switch is in the first position and when additional tension is applied to the tension member, the tension member shifts the switch to the second position;
• wherein a fastener secures the tension member to the resilient web;
• and
• wherein the fastener extends through the resilient web.