Foldaway passenger seat for utility vehicle
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorBruno Sap
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Abstract
A foldaway passenger seat (20) for a utility vehicle (10) is provided. The seat (20) comprises a seat tray (22) which pivots around a single axis (X) between a substantially horizontal seating position and a substantially vertical stowed position. The axis is oriented so that a forward facing edge (22c) of the seat tray in the seating position becomes the lower-most edge in the stowed position and is longitudinally aligned with respect to the forward direction of travel. Advantageously, the seat tray pivots from the seating position to the stowed position in a single fluid movement.
Claims16
A foldaway passenger seat fitted to a utility vehicle, the utility vehicle having a longitudinal centre line extending in a forward facing driving direction from a forward end of the utility vehicle to a rear end of the vehicle, the seat comprising a seat tray which is moveable between a substantially horizontal seating position and a substantially vertical stowed position, the seat tray having an upper surface upon which the passenger sits when the seat tray is in the seating position and a front edge which forms the front of the seat with respect to the longitudinal centre line of the utility vehicle when the seat tray is in the seating position, the front edge of the seat tray being forward facing toward a front end of the utility vehicle with respect to the longitudinal centre line of the utility vehicle when the seat tray is in the seating position, the seat tray being pivotable around a single axis between the seating position and the stowed position, wherein the single axis is positioned relative to the seat tray so that the front edge of the seat tray is a lower-most edge of the seat tray and aligned longitudinally with respect to the longitudinal centre line and opposite the forward facing driving direction of the utility vehicle when the seat tray is in the stowed position.
A foldaway passenger seat fitted to a utility vehicle, the utility vehicle having a longitudinal centre line extending in a forward facing driving direction from a forward end of the utility vehicle to a rear end of the vehicle, the seat comprising a seat tray which can pivot around a single axis between a substantially horizontal seating position and a substantially vertical stowed position, wherein the axis is defined by a mounting shaft fixed relative to a cab of the utility vehicle, wherein a forward facing edge toward a front end of the utility vehicle of the seat tray in the seating position is a lower-most edge and aligned longitudinally with respect to the longitudinal centre line of the utility vehicle when in the stowed position, and wherein the seat tray is secured to a mounting element at one end, the mounting element being rotatably mounted to the mounting shaft, wherein the mounting element comprises a sleeve which fits and rotates on the mounting shaft and two struts secured to an underside of the seat tray in a triangulated structure.
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