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Tractor-truck cab with workstation and mobile seat

  • US 6,692,051 B1
  • Filed: 08/07/2002
  • Issued: 02/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tractor-truck cab comprising:

  • a seat-supporting track extending between a driving position located on a driver side of the cab and a workstation position located on a passenger side of the cab;

    a seat mounted on the seat-supporting track for movement therealong between the driving position and the workstation position;

    a work-surface platform provided on the passenger side of the cab; and

    an interlocking system for selectively locking the seat in the driving position, wherein the interlocking system comprises;

    a vehicle movement-prohibiting device;

    a switching device;

    a blocking device for selectively obstructing a path along the seat-supporting track; and

    a controller in communication with the vehicle movement-prohibiting device, the switching device, and the blocking device, for controlling the blocking device based at least in part on a signal from the switching device.

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