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TRANSIT SEAT WITH CONTOURED PLASTIC SHELL

  • US 3,747,978 A
  • Filed: 03/07/1972
  • Issued: 07/24/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A transit seat for accommodating a plurality of passengers side-by-side and having an aisle side and a wall side comprising:

  • a tubular frame including first and second side members formed in the general shape of an L to provide seat and back portions;

    a first stretcher tube interconnecting the forward ends of said seat portions of said side frame members;

    a second stretcher tube interconnecting the upper ends of said side frame members;

    a third stretcher tube connecting said side members at the rear of said seat portion thereof and defining a central recess;

    a forwardly extending tubular frame member interconnecting said first stretcher tube with the depressed portion of said transverse tubular frame member and located at a position spaced inwardly of the aisle side of said seat;

    means for securing the side frame member adjacent said wall side of said seat to the wall of a vehicle;

    a single pedestal connected to said frame for attachment to the floor of a vehicle and extending downwardly from the interconnection of said depressed portion of said third stretcher tube and the rear end of said forwardly extending frame member; and

    a single-piece plastic shell secured to said frame only at said first and second stretcher tubes;

    said plastic shell providing individual contoured recesses for receiving inserts and retaining passengers in position during turns.

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