Seating arrangement for tractors

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE HAVING A FRONT AND REAR END, A SEAT BASE AND A FIRST SET OF CONTROLS FOR OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND HAVING HYDRAULIC DIGGING EQUIPMENT ATTACHED TO A REAR END OF SAID VEHICLE, SAID DIGGING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A SECOND SET OF CONTROLS SPACED REARWARDLY OF SAID FIRST SET OF CONTROLS A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE AN ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE SEAT FOR SAID VEHICLE COMPRISING: AN L SHAPED SEAT INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND SEAT MEMBERS FIXEDLY SECURED TOGETHER IN A RIGHT ANGLE JUNCTION, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SEAT MEMBERS EACH HAVING A JUNCTION END SECURED TOGETHER AT SAID JUNCTION AND EACH HAVING A FAR END SPACED FROM SAID JUNCTION; FIRST PIVOT MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID SEAT AT SAID JUNCTION TO SAID BASE; AND SECOND PIVOT MEANS ARRANGED AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO SAID FIRST PIVOT MEANS AND HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS, SAID SECOND PIVOT MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT SAID FIRST END TO SAID BASE AT THE SAME POSITION AS SAID FIRST PIVOT MEANS AND BEING CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SEAT MEMBERS AT SAID SECOND END AT A POSITION INTERMEDIATE SAID JUNCTION AND SAID FAR END OF SAID SEAT MEMBER; SAID SEAT THUS BEING ADAPTED FOR USE SELECTIVELY IN FIRST OR SECOND POSITIONS, SAID SEAT IN SAID FIRST POSITION FACING FORWARDLY AND HAVING SAID FIRST FRAME MEMBER GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE BASE SERVING AS A SEATING PORTION AND SAID SECOND MEMBER SERVING AS A BACKREST PORTION OF SAID SEAT, SAID SEAT BEING PIVOTABLE FROM SAID FIRST POSITION ABOUT A HORIZONTAL TRANSVERSE AXIS ON SAID BASE TO A POSITION 180 DEGREES IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE REMOVED FROM SAID FIRST POSITION INTO A SECOND POSITION WITH SAID SEAT FACING REARWARDLY, SAID SEAT IN SAID SECOND POSITION HAVING SAID FIRST MEMBER SERVING AS A BACKREST PORTION OF SAID SEAT AND SAID SECOND MEMBER SERVING AS A SEATING PORTION; AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE SEAT IN SAID SELECTED POSITIONS.