Movable automobile seat
First Claim
1. A movable seat for vehicles comprisinga base plate adapted to be secured to the vehicle floor,a trolley movable on the base plate,a seat frame mounted on the trolley and carrying a vehicle seat,guide means on the base plate and trolley for confining the movement of the trolley on the base to a prescribed path on the vehicle, said path including one station for the trolley which places the seat in a normal position within the vehicle and a second station wherein the seat lies wholly outside the vehicle,lift means supporting the seat on the trolley at a height suitable for operation of the vehicle when the trolley is in the one station and for lowering the seat from that height when the trolley is in the second station and the seat lies outside the vehicle to make it easier for a handicapped person to alight from the vehicle,and actuating means connected to the trolley means for automatically moving the trolley between the two stations.
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Abstract
A movable automobile seat for handicapped persons which includes a base plate secured to the floor of the vehicle behind the steering wheel, a trolley movable on the base plate, a seat frame mounted on the trolley and carrying the vehicle seat, guide means on the base plate and trolley which confine the horizontal motion of the seat frame to a course having a first position wherein the vehicle seat is in the normal position for driving behind the steering wheel and a second position wherein the seat lies wholly outside the vehicle, and lift means for raising and lowering the seat frame with the seat when located outside the vehicle permitting the seat to be lowered to a position within a few inches of the ground.
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15 Claims
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1. A movable seat for vehicles comprising
a base plate adapted to be secured to the vehicle floor, a trolley movable on the base plate, a seat frame mounted on the trolley and carrying a vehicle seat, guide means on the base plate and trolley for confining the movement of the trolley on the base to a prescribed path on the vehicle, said path including one station for the trolley which places the seat in a normal position within the vehicle and a second station wherein the seat lies wholly outside the vehicle, lift means supporting the seat on the trolley at a height suitable for operation of the vehicle when the trolley is in the one station and for lowering the seat from that height when the trolley is in the second station and the seat lies outside the vehicle to make it easier for a handicapped person to alight from the vehicle, and actuating means connected to the trolley means for automatically moving the trolley between the two stations.
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9. An automobile having a frame, driver'"'"'s seat, steering wheel and an improved mounting means for the seat;
- said mounting means comprising
a horizontal base plate mounted on the vehicle floor and secured to the frame, a pair of generally parallel tracks mounted on the plate and having a rear portion that extends back to front behind the steering wheel and a second portion that is generally arcuate and extends from the front of the rear portion forwardly and turns toward the front door, a trolley supported on the plate and a seat frame and seat carried by the trolley, said trolley being movable along the tracks between a rear station at the rear portion of the tracks in which the seat frame faces forward toward the steering wheel and a second station at the opposite end of the front portion of the tracks in which the seat faces to the side and is disposed wholly outside the vehicle, and actuating means connected to the trolley for moving it between the stations and when the seat frame and seat lie outside the vehicle for lowering the seat frame and seat on the trolley from the elevation of the seat when it is inside the vehicle and returning the seat to that elevation before it is returned inside the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- said mounting means comprising
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