Chairs and seats – Movable bottom – Bottom and back movable as a unit
Patent
1999-02-10
2000-01-18
Barfield, Anthony D.
Chairs and seats
Movable bottom
Bottom and back movable as a unit
29734426, 297242, 5 81HS, A47E 102
Patent
active
060151889
ABSTRACT:
A swivel seat for a vehicle that provides a fixed seating platform surrounding a swivel seating platform and a smooth transition from the edge of the vehicle seat to the seating platform. In one version of the invention the swivel seat includes a rotatable inner portion and a fixed outer portion surrounding the inner portion. Preferably, the inner portion is elevated above the surrounding outer portion only enough to allow the inner portion to rotate freely. That is, the inner and outer portions are nearly flush with one another. In a second version, the seat includes a rotatable seating platform and a curved lip disposed adjacent to and extending away from the seating platform. The lip is configured to conform generally to the edge of a vehicle seat to provide a smooth transition from the edge of the vehicle seat to the seating platform. These two novel features may be combined in a swivel seat that includes the two piece seating platform and the lip. In this third version of the invention, the seating platform has a rotatable, preferably round, inner portion and a fixed, preferably rectangular, outer portion surrounding the inner portion. The curved lip extends away from one side of the outer portion of the seating platform.
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Yundt Nellie K.
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