Rotating and swiveling seat
First Claim
1. An operator'"'"'s seat for a vehicle comprising:
- an operator support having a seat bottom;
a base structure operatively configured to allow said operator'"'"'s seat to rotate relative to a platform floor of said vehicle;
a member that couples said operator support to said base structure; and
a swivel structure operatively configured to allow said operator support to swivel relative to said base structure.
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Abstract
An operator'"'"'s seat for a vehicle includes a base structure that allows the operator'"'"'s seat to be rotated with respect to a platform floor of an operator'"'"'s compartment within the vehicle. The operator'"'"'s seat may further include a swivel structure that allows an operator support to swivel independently of the rotation of the base structure. At least one presence sensing device may be provided to detect the presence of an operator. The presence sensing device(s), and rotational position of the operator support may provide input signals to a control module that controls the vehicle travel, load handling features, and/or other features of the vehicle that may be selectively enabled, limited or otherwise controlled.
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Citations
34 Claims
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1. An operator'"'"'s seat for a vehicle comprising:
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an operator support having a seat bottom;
a base structure operatively configured to allow said operator'"'"'s seat to rotate relative to a platform floor of said vehicle;
a member that couples said operator support to said base structure; and
a swivel structure operatively configured to allow said operator support to swivel relative to said base structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An operator'"'"'s seat for a vehicle comprising:
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an operator support having a seat bottom;
a base structure;
a member that couples said operator support to said base structure;
a swivel structure arranged to allow said operator support to swivel relative to said base structure, wherein said swivel structure has a swivel axis generally in-line with an anticipated center of gravity of a vehicle operator;
a base structure including a rotate assembly and a release assembly that allows said operator'"'"'s seat to rotate with respect to an operator'"'"'s compartment of said vehicle, wherein said base structure has an axis of rotation offset from said anticipated center of gravity of said vehicle operator;
said release assembly being operatively configured to lock said operator'"'"'s seat from rotating relative to said operator'"'"'s compartment and to release said operator'"'"'s seat for rotation by controllably engaging and disengaging said corresponding rotate assembly; and
a control element for controlling said release assembly.
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13. An operator'"'"'s compartment for a vehicle comprising:
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a platform floor;
an operator'"'"'s seat including;
a base structure; and
an operator support coupled to said base structure by a member such that said operator support may be rotated with respect to said platform floor;
at least one presence sensing device arranged to sense an operator'"'"'s presence in a predetermined location; and
a control module configured to control at least one operation of said vehicle based upon a rotational position of said operator'"'"'s seat and at least one presence sensing device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An operator'"'"'s seat for a vehicle comprising:
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an operator support having a seat bottom;
a base structure operatively configured to allow said operator'"'"'s seat to rotate relative to a platform floor of said vehicle;
a locking arrangement arranged to allow said operator'"'"'s seat to be selectively locked and unlocked for rotation;
at least one presence sensing device coupled to said operator'"'"'s seat so as to rotate with said operator'"'"'s seat; and
a swivel structure operatively configured to allow said operator support to swivel relative to said base structure. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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