Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low maintenance configuration for sliding seats
- Patent Title (中): 滑动座椅的维护配置不足
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Application No.: US12549742Application Date: 2009-08-28
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Publication No.: US07988231B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Randy P. Phinney
- Applicant: Randy P. Phinney
- Applicant Address: US MI Grand Rapids
- Assignee: American Seating Company
- Current Assignee: American Seating Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Grand Rapids
- Agency: Clark & Brody
- Main IPC: A47C15/00
- IPC: A47C15/00 ; B60N2/02

Abstract:
A vehicle has an area capable of seating ambulatory passengers and alternatively receiving a mobility aid, such as a wheelchair. The area provides tracks for mounting at least two movable seats that can be moved to provide space in the area for the mobility aid. The tracks are provided with track covers that reduce maintenance requirements by preventing entry of debris. One of the seats is configured to move further than the other whereby the spacing between the seats after moving to accommodate a mobility aid is less than the spacing of the seats when used by ambulatory passengers. The seat configured to move further has a longer track cover, but the tracks are laterally spaced to avoid engagement between the track covers of the two seats whereby they can be moved to be spaced from each other by a distance less than the length of either of the track covers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100052386A1 LOW MAINTENANCE CONFIGURATION FOR SLIDING SEATS Public/Granted day:2010-03-04
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