Selectively movable seat arrangement and method
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsDavid P. Gerrard, Yang Xu
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a selectively movable seat arrangement. The seat arrangement includes, one or more seat members movable between a passable position where a member is passable therethrough and an impassable position where the member is prevented from passing therethrough, and a counter in operable communication with the one or more seat members, the counter capable of allowing movement of the one or more seat members to the passable position to allow passage of a member a selected number of times and then to the impassable position thereby preventing passage of another such member for a period of time.
Claims20
A selectively movable seat arrangement comprising:
- a plurality of seat members movable between a passable position where a member is passable therethrough and an impassable position where the member is prevented from passing therethrough;
- and
- a counter in operable communication with the plurality of seat members, the counter capable of allowing movement of the plurality of seat members to the passable position to allow passage of a member a selected number of times and then to the impassable position thereby preventing passage of another such member for a period of time.
A method of selectively allowing one or more members to pass a seat arrangement before preventing a member from passing the seat arrangement, comprising:
- engaging the seat arrangement with one or more members;
- moving the seat arrangement and allowing the one or more members to pass the seat arrangement;
- engaging the seat arrangement with an additional member;
- and
- maintaining the seat arrangement and preventing the additional member from passing the seat arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.