Rotating storage seat

US6019413A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Prince Corporation · US

Inventors

• Robert B. Scraver · Holland, US
• David B. Busch · Holland, US
• Chester R. Wisniewski · Grand Haven, US
• Neil J. Bush · Pinckney, US
• Nick Xiromeritis · Holland, US
• David John McCarthy · Holland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 1998
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/3072
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seating/storage system includes a seat which is rotatably supported on opposite ends between the sidewalls of a vehicle on a pivot axle in spaced relationship above the floor level of the vehicle. The seat pivot axle, in turn, is mounted to a rotating member offset from the pivot axle such that, when rotated to a seating position, the seat is positioned above the floor level and, when rotated to a storage position, the seat is positioned in a recess with the lower side of the seat defining the floor of the vehicle. A releasable latching member extends between the rotatable member and the vehicle seat to selectively lock the seat in use or stored positions. In a preferred embodiment, a releasable latch also extends between a fixed seat frame and the rotatable member to selectively lock the seat back and seat in use or stored positions.