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US 9,919,625 B1Granted
Convertible seating system with flip-out work surface for marine vessels
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorsJohn E. Barbier, John O. Wizorek
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Abstract
A seating system includes a base, and a seat mounted on the base and defining a seating surface. A backrest is configured for movement relative to the base and the seat between a first position and a second position by a backrest transfer arrangement having a movable pivot axis configuration. In the second position, the backrest defines a working surface spaced above and lying generally parallel to the seating surface.
Claims18
A seating system comprising:
- a base;
- a seat mounted on the base, and defining a seating surface;
- and
- a backrest configured for movement relative to the base and the seat between a first position and a second position by a backrest transfer arrangement having a movable pivot axis configuration,
- wherein, in the second position, the backrest defines a working surface spaced above and lying generally parallel to the seating surface;
- wherein the pivot axis configuration is defined by a pivoting linkage arrangement;
- wherein the pivoting linkage arrangement includes at least one bent link and at least one straight link;
- wherein the bent link and the straight link are spaced from each other when the backrest is in the first position;
- wherein the bent link engages with the straight link to support the backrest in the second position.
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A seating system comprising:
- a seat defining a seating surface;
- a base mounting the seat thereon and having a raised support surface extending above the seat;
- and
- a backrest mounted to the raised support structure on the base for movement relative to the seat between a raised position and a horizontal position extending above the seat and defining a work surface lying parallel to the seating surface,
- wherein the backrest is adjustably connected to the raised support structure by a backrest transfer arrangement including a pair of transfer assemblies mounted between opposed side members of the backrest and opposed side walls of the raised support structure, each of the transfer assemblies being provided with a movable pivot axis configuration;
- wherein each of the transfer assemblies includes a pivoting linkage arrangement and a motion assistance device;
- wherein the pivoting linkage arrangement includes a pair of links, each having one end pivotally connected to one of the opposed side members of the backrest at a fixed pivot, and an opposite end pivotally joined to one of the side walls of the raised support surface at another fixed pivot.
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A seating system comprising:
- a base having a front end, a rear end and opposed side members;
- a seat mounted on the base and defining a seating surface;
- and
- a backrest movably attached to the base by a pair of transfer assemblies enabling movement of the backrest between a raised position and a horizontal position,
- wherein, in the horizontal position, the backrest defines a working surface which is spaced above and lies generally parallel to the seating surface,
- wherein each of the transfer assemblies include a mounting plate fixed to one of the side members of the base, a bent link having one end pivotally connected about a first pivot axis to a side portion of the backrest, and an opposite end pivotally secured about a second pivot axis to the mounting plate, and a straight link having one end pivotally connected about a third pivot axis to the side portion of the backrest, and an opposite end pivotally secured about a fourth pivot axis to the mounting plate,
- wherein the first pivot axis and the second axis remain stationary and immovable with respect to the backrest and are movable relative to the base and the seat.
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A seating system for a marine vessel, the seating system comprising:
- a seat that defines a seating surface;
- a base that supports the seat and has a raised support structure that extends transversely relative to the seating surface;
- a backrest having opposing sides including a back-engaging surface and a work surface that is opposite the back-engaging surface;
- and
- a backrest transfer arrangement that couples the backrest to the base so that the backrest is movable relative to the base and the seat into and between a back-engaging position and a working position,
- wherein in the back engaging position the backrest is positioned so that the work surface faces the raised support structure and the back-engaging surface extends transversely relative to the seating surface, and wherein in the working position the backrest is positioned so that the back-engaging surface faces the seat and the work surface extends transversely with respect to the raised support structure,
- wherein the backrest transfer arrangement comprises a pair of transfer assemblies mounted on opposed sidewalls of the raised support structure, and
- wherein each of the pair of transfer assemblies comprises first and second links, each of the first and second links having an end that is pivotably secured to the backrest at a pivot axis that remains fixed with respect to the backrest and an opposite end that is pivotably secured to the base at a pivot axis that remains fixed with respect to the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.