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US3294437A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Pivoting second seat

Assignee: Ford Motor Co
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Filing: 1965-01-11
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Granted: 1966-12-27
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Expires: 1985-01-11
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Belsky Charles
  • 👤 Willard J Hershey

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 20:25
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/24; B60N2/30; B60N2/3002; B60N2/3004; B60N2/3009; B60N2/3011; B60N2/02; B60N2/04; B60N2/12; B60N2/32; B60N2/36; B60N2205/00; B60N2205/30; B60N2205/35

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 245 words
IN A VEHICLE BODY HAVING A SUPPORTING FLOOR STRUCTURE; A SEAT STRUCTURE HAVING A HORIZONTAL SEAT FRAME EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID VEHICLE BODY; MEANS SUPPORTING SAID SEAT FRAME ON SAID FLOOR STRUCTURE FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT OVER SAID FLOOR STRUCTURE ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PIVOT AXIS LOCATED AT ONE END OF SAID SEAT FRAME; A SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY; MEANS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING AT LEAST A PART OF SAID SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY SUPERJACENT THE REAR EDGE OF SAID SEAT FRAME; SAID SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY PART BEING FORWARDLY SWINGABLE OVER SAID SEAT FRAME ON SAID PIVOT MEANS; AND DRIVE MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SEAT FRAME AND FLOOR STRUCTURE COMPRISING A LINK EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SEAT FRAME FOR MOVEMENT IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE, SAID LINK BEING COUPLED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO SAID FLOOR STRUCTURE INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID SEAT FRAME AND AT ITS OTHER ED TO SAID SEAT FRAME INTERMEDIATE SAID ONE END AND THE OTHER END OF SAID SEAT FRAME, AND A CONNECTING ROD EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID LINK MEANS AND SAID SWINGABLE SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY PART; SAID CONNECTING ROD BEING COUPLED TO SAID LINK MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE LATTER; SAID DRIVE MEANS BEING OPERATIVE UPON SAID SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY PART BEING FORWARDLY SWUNG ON ITS PIVOT MEANS TO SWING SAID LINK MEANS ABOT ITS COUPLING TO SAID FLOOR IN A DIRECTION TO SWING SAID SEAT STRUCTURE ABOUT SAID VERTICAL PIVOT AXIS TO A FORWARDLY ANGULARLY DISPLACED POSITION RELATIVE TO ITS TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 245 words
IN A VEHICLE BODY HAVING A SUPPORTING FLOOR STRUCTURE; A SEAT STRUCTURE HAVING A HORIZONTAL SEAT FRAME EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID VEHICLE BODY; MEANS SUPPORTING SAID SEAT FRAME ON SAID FLOOR STRUCTURE FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT OVER SAID FLOOR STRUCTURE ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PIVOT AXIS LOCATED AT ONE END OF SAID SEAT FRAME; A SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY; MEANS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING AT LEAST A PART OF SAID SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY SUPERJACENT THE REAR EDGE OF SAID SEAT FRAME; SAID SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY PART BEING FORWARDLY SWINGABLE OVER SAID SEAT FRAME ON SAID PIVOT MEANS; AND DRIVE MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SEAT FRAME AND FLOOR STRUCTURE COMPRISING A LINK EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SEAT FRAME FOR MOVEMENT IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE, SAID LINK BEING COUPLED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO SAID FLOOR STRUCTURE INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID SEAT FRAME AND AT ITS OTHER ED TO SAID SEAT FRAME INTERMEDIATE SAID ONE END AND THE OTHER END OF SAID SEAT FRAME, AND A CONNECTING ROD EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID LINK MEANS AND SAID SWINGABLE SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY PART; SAID CONNECTING ROD BEING COUPLED TO SAID LINK MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE LATTER; SAID DRIVE MEANS BEING OPERATIVE UPON SAID SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY PART BEING FORWARDLY SWUNG ON ITS PIVOT MEANS TO SWING SAID LINK MEANS ABOT ITS COUPLING TO SAID FLOOR IN A DIRECTION TO SWING SAID SEAT STRUCTURE ABOUT SAID VERTICAL PIVOT AXIS TO A FORWARDLY ANGULARLY DISPLACED POSITION RELATIVE TO ITS TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING POSITION.

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