Vehicular seat shock absorbing module
OwnerKenneth G. Connaughtyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a unique shock absorbing module which, when attached to a vehicular seat and chassis, exhibits unexpected superior effectiveness in reducing the effects of impacting shocks emanating from the operation of a vehicle. The shock absorbing system includes shock absorbing members disposed within a guide track supported by support frame. A slideable carriage with tracking members such as wheels saddling onto the shock absorbing system serves to immediately transfer and absorb any impacting forces exerted multidirectionally against the carriage member and a vehicular seat mounted thereto.
Claims20
A vehicular shock absorbing module equipped to responsively dampen and absorb impacting shocks emanating from multiple impacting directions exerted against a vehicular support for transporting vehicular objects, said shock absorbing module comprising:
- A) a support frame equipped with:
- 1) a chassis mount for mounting the support frame to a vehicular chassis of a vehicle;
- 2) a shock absorbing section mounted to said frame with said shock absorbing section including at least two counter positioned resilient shock absorbing members equipped with an abutting rigid stop so as to permit each of said shock absorbing members to independently compress towards the stop in response to an impacting force directed towards the shock absorbing members and thereafter relax into an uncompressed position;
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- 3) a guide track positioned in longitudinal alignment with said shock absorbing members;
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- B) a carriage unit slideably mounted onto the guide track with said carriage unit including:
- 1) a carriage frame;
- 2) a support mount for mounting the vehicular support to the carriage frame;
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- 3) tracking members respectively affixed onto said carriage frame so as to slideably track onto said guide track with each of said tracking members being positioned in a juxtapositional operational relationship to each impacting face of said shock absorbing section so as to concurrently transfer upon impact the impacting force exerted against the carriage frame onto said shock absorbing members of said shock absorbing section.
A vehicular seat shock absorbing module which when operationally attached to a seat and a chassis of a vehicle, effectively cushions and dampens the effect of an impacting force exerted against said seat, said seat shock absorbing module comprising at least one shock absorbing section having at least two oppositely positioned resilient elastomeric shock absorbing members separated by a rigid stop and confined within a guide track so as to thereby directionally restrain an impacting compression and decompression of the elastomeric member therewithin, with said guide track being supported by a support frame equipped with vehicular chassis mounts for mounting the module to the vehicle, and a slideable carriage member equipped to mount a seat thereto and slideable tracking members saddling onto the shock absorbing section and tracking onto the guide track.
A vehicular shock absorbing combination comprising:
- A) a vehicular support for transporting vehicular objects carried by a transporting vehicle;
- B) a vehicular chassis mount for mounting the vehicular support to a vehicular chassis of a vehicle;
- C) a vehicular shock absorbing module equipped to responsively dampen and absorb impacting shocks emanating from multiple impacting directions exerted against said shock absorbing module comprising:
- 1) a modular support frame mounted to the vehicular chassis mount;
- 2) a shock absorbing section mounted to said frame with said shock absorbing section including at least two counterpositioned resilient shock absorbing members equipped with an abutting rigid stop so as to permit each of said shock absorbing members to independently compress towards the stop in response to an impacting force directed towards the shock absorbing members and thereafter relax into an uncompressed position;
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- 3) a guide track positioned in longitudinal alignment with said shock absorbing members;
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- 4) a carriage unit slideably mounted onto the guide track with said carriage unit including:
- a) a carriage frame;
- b) a support mount for mounting the vehicular support to the carriage frame;
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- c) tracking members respectively affixed onto said carriage frame so as to slideably track onto said guide track with each of said tracking members being positioned in a juxtapositional operational relationship to each impacting face of said shock absorbing section so as to permit each of the tracking members facing the impacting force to concurrently transfer upon impact the impacting force exerted against the carriage frame onto said shock absorbing members of said shock absorbing section.
A vehicular seat shock absorbing module which when operationally attached to a seat and a chassis of a vehicle, effectively cushions and dampens an impacting force exerted against said seat, said seat shock absorbing module comprising at least one shock absorbing section having at least two oppositely positioned resilient shock absorbing elastomeric pads separated by an abutting rigid stop, with said elastomeric pads confined within a guide track so as to permit each of said pads to independently compress towards the stop in response to the impacting force exerted thereupon and thereafter relax into an uncompressed position with said guide track being supported by a support frame equipped with vehicular chassis mounts for mounting the module to the vehicle, and a slideable carriage member equipped with a seat mount for mounting the seat thereto and slideable tracking members saddling onto the shock absorbing section and tracking within the guide track so as to cushion and dampen the impact forces exerted thereupon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.