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Compact seating arrangement

US8267456B2 · kind B2 · utility

13Cited by

6References

17Claims

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Assignee

Gordon Murray Design Limited · GB

Inventor

Ian Gordon Murray · Puttenham, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2008
Grant date	Sep 18, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 11, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D31/003
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A compact seating arrangement for a vehicle, the seating arrangement comprising three seats: a front driver's seat arranged centrally and, at least to some extent, forward of two transversely aligned rear passenger seats, wherein the driver's seat extends transversely so as to be positioned in front of part of each of the rear passengers' seats, the extent of the overlap in the transverse position of the driver's seat and the rear passenger seats being such that each side of the driver's seat is required to be shaped so as to be able to accommodate at least part of a leg of a passenger seated in a forward facing position in a respective one of the passenger seats.

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