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Easy ejector seat with skeletal crash safety beam

  • US 6,609,749 B1
  • Filed: 11/08/1999
  • Issued: 08/26/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a vehicle having a right and left side and substantially massive components, and having at least one fixed body member connected with substantial rigidity to substantially all of the substantially massive components of said vehicle, a vehicle structure having an operating position attained during normal driving conditions and an extended position attained at the time of passenger and operator access to the vehicle, said vehicle structure having a means to divert the impact energy in lateral impacts to be absorbed by said vehicle through the at least one fixed body member while releasing the passengers and operators each having mass, weight, left and right sides, a back and a bottom, to move independently of said vehicle, in a passenger support mechanism with a plurality of elements in a predetermined controlled fashion, in order to minimize injury to such operators and passengers.

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