Multi-purpose recliner deployable inside and outside a vehicle

US7073216B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Man Nutzfahrzeuge Oesterreich AG · AT

Inventors

• Klaus Schwingeler · Birkenfeld, DE
• Peter Hinze · Schenefeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 1, 2004
• Grant date: Jul 11, 2006
• Expiry date: Jul 1, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D33/0612
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A multi-purpose recliner is provided having a recliner surface on which a person may recline and deployable for use inside and outside a vehicle, especially a military vehicle. The multi-purpose recliner includes a recliner surface material that can be rolled out, the recliner surface material forming the recliner surface and having a pair of receipt devices each extending along a respective length edge of the recliner surface material, and a disassembly-capable mount. The disassembly-capable mount includes a pair of stringers each being removably disposable in a respective one of the receipt devices of the recliner surface material and a pair of spacers releasably securable with the stringers. The multi-purpose recliner also includes a suspension structure for alternately retaining the recliner surface material in a rolled up condition and suspending the recliner surface material in a rolled out condition within the interior of the vehicle.