Seat panel and gunner's turret panel for transporting miscellaneous equipment for use in military vehicles

• US 20110120791A1
• Filed: 02/13/2007
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyle L. Greenwood
• Original Assignee: Kyle L. Greenwood
• Inventors: Harrington, Timothy A., Hartmann, William J., Greenwood, Kyle L.
• Application Number:
  US11/705,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20110120791A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/68.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/04 Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds B60K11/085 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/08 Air inlets for cooling; Shutters or blinds therefor radiator or grille guards B60R19/52
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/24 Military vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 5/20 Turrets on vehicles F41H7/04
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 7/02 Land vehicles with enclosing armour, e.g. tanks endless-track vehicles, steering thereof B62D ; vehicles for placing portable or sectional bridges E01D15/127; vehicles carrying floating bridges E01D15/22

Abstract

A sling leather seat, seven inches wide, and approximately 29-30 inches long, having first and second end pieces and a center segment upon which a turret gunner can be seated, has a first ring between the first end piece and the middle segment, and a second ring between the second end piece and the middle segment. A leather waist belt is connected to the sling seat by a pair of elongated tethers connected between the first and second rings and the waist belt, respectively, including chains, cables and/or straps as the tethers which are of a length to allow the gunner to stand up, off the sling seat, but which will prevent the gunner from being ejected from the gun turret in the event of a vehicle rollover. The first and second end pieces of the sling seat are connected to a pair of rings, respectively, on the interior of the gun turret. The body belt in the preferred embodiment is tethered to the sling seat. In an alternative embodiment, the body belt can be tethered to a third ring anchored at or near the gunner'"'"'s feet inside the turret. Alternative embodiments use PALS webbing stitched to a seat cover for Humvee, truck or tank seats, or for Gunners'"'"' Turret Panels, used to accommodate MOLLE pouches of various utility.

Claims

1. An all terrain military vehicle having a longitudinal axis in a given plane between the front and back ends of said vehicle, comprising:

an engine in said vehicle for powering said vehicle;

a hood affixed to said vehicle providing a top cover over said engine;

an engine cooling system having one or more heat exchange members for cooling said engine in a second plane at an acute angle to the said given plane, said hood having an air-receiving grill immediately above said heat exchange member or members; and

an air scoop mounted on the top surface of said hood for funneling air through said grill and across said heat exchange member or members.

2. The military vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said vehicle is a Humvee.

3. A tactical seat panel useable as a seat cover in a military vehicle, comprising:

a front surface, a back surface and two side surfaces, together defining a slip cover sized to slide onto and off a seat back in a military vehicle; and

a pouch attachment ladder system having a plurality of spaced apart webbing strips stitched to said back surface, thereby creating a plurality of openings along each said strip to accommodate MOLLE-compatible pouches and accessories.

4. The tactical seat panel according to claim 3, including said webbing strips also being stitched to said two side surfaces, respectively.

5. The tactical seat panel according to claim 3, including in addition thereto, a top surface on said seat panel.

6. A gunner'"'"'s turret panel for use in a military vehicle, comprising:

a flat panel having a front surface and a back surface;

a plurality of connectors connected at the top end of said panel for connecting said panel to any desired location within said military vehicle; and

a pouch attachment ladder system having a plurality of spaced apart webbing strips stitched to said front surface, thereby creating a plurality of openings to accommodate MOLLE-compatible pouches and accessories.