Vehicle platform assembly

• US 5,667,272 A
• Filed: 11/09/1995
• Issued: 09/16/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael Sutton
• Original Assignee: Michael Sutton
• Inventors: Sutton, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL
• Application Number:
  US08/556,139
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 297/140, 297/135, 297/188.04, 297/188.06, 297/188.1, 297/188.2, 248/444, 248/309.1, 248/346.06, 108/44
• US Class Current: 297/140
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/002 of trays

Abstract

A platform assembly is provided for use in combination with a vehicle including a vehicle seat having a seat bottom, seat back, and a head rest. The platform assembly is supported by the seat to carry articles for ready access by an occupant of the vehicle. The platform assembly includes a platform defining a flat slip-resistant surface area for supporting articles thereon, and for preventing substantial shifting of the articles while the vehicle is in motion. An adjustable attachment strap is secured to a back end of the platform, and extends upwardly from the platform adjacent to the seat back for removable attachment to the headrest. The attachment strap permits leveling adjustment of the platform, and unobstructed access by the vehicle occupant to the articles supported on the platform.

Claims

1. In combination with a vehicle including a vehicle seat having a seat bottom, seat back, and a head rest, and a cellular telephone assembly including a mounting structure attached to a floor of the vehicle adjacent to the vehicle seat and a telephone supported thereon, a platform assembly supported by the seat to carry articles for ready access by an occupant of the vehicle, said platform assembly comprising:

(a) a platform defining a cut-out section therein to accommodate said mounting structure and telephone, and having a flat slip-resistant surface area for supporting articles thereon, and for preventing substantial shifting of the articles while the vehicle is in motion; and

(b) an adjustable attachment strap secured to a back end of said platform, and extending upwardly from said platform adjacent to the seat back for removable attachment to the headrest, said attachment strap permitting leveling adjustment of the platform, and unobstructed access by the vehicle occupant to the articles supported on the platform.

2. A combination according to claim 1, and comprising a slot formed in the back end of said platform for receiving an end of said attachment strap, the slot being off-set from a center of said platform, and said attachment strap providing enhanced support and stability in an area forward of said slot for carrying articles for ready access by the occupant.

3. A combination according to claim 1, wherein said platform comprises a raised border for holding the articles on the platform while the vehicle is in motion, and for preventing any loose articles from rolling off the platform.

4. A combination according to claim 1, and comprising a vertical leg connected to a bottom side of said platform at a front end thereof for being positioned on a floor of the vehicle.

5. A combination according to claim 4, and comprising pivot means for pivotally connecting the vertical leg to the bottom side of the platform.

6. A combination according to claim 4, and comprising a vertically adjustable foot connected to a bottom end of said leg for adjusting the height of said leg, and for cooperating with said strap to provide further leveling adjustment of the platform.