Chairs and seats – Folding bottom permits seat rotation about vertical axis
Patent
1990-09-10
1992-01-28
Brown, Peter R.
Chairs and seats
Folding bottom permits seat rotation about vertical axis
297232, 297240, 297335, 248145, A47C 1121
Patent
active
050838369
ABSTRACT:
A storable seating unit for access by an individual in a wheelchair to seating in a stadium or arena. The storable seating unit includes a pedestal, a seat bottom pivotally connected to the pedestal, and a seat back pivotally mounted to one end of the seat back and the pedestal. The pedestal includes a mechanism for pivoting the seat bottom and the seat back so as to define an open area for positioning of the wheelchair in a position occupied by the seat bottom and the seat back prior to pivoting. The pedestal may include a longitudinal slot and a slide pivotally and slidably positioned therein and connected to the seat bottom and the seat back for pivoting of the seat bottom and the seat back and lowering thereof along the length of the slide.
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Brown Peter R.
Paralyzed Veterans of America
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