Adjustable motorcycle seat

Claim 1

A two-part seat assembly for a motorcycle or like vehicle, comprising: a passenger's seat including an elongated principal base having means thereon for attachment to the frame of the vehicle, and having a seat member thereon adjacent one end thereof; an operator's seat disposed on said principal base towards the other end thereof from said passenger's seat member, said operator's seat including a secondary base; means hingedly connecting said principal base and said secondary base adjacent said other end of said principal base, said operator's seat being pivotable about said means between a lowered position thereof, with said secondary base lying closely adjacent said principal base, and an elevated position in which said secondary base is inclined upwardly therefrom, at least one of said seats having adjustable means thereon providing underlying support for said operator's seat in at least said elevated position thereof, said operator's seat including a seat member comprised of a seat portion and lateral skirt portions depending along the opposite sides thereof, said skirt portions being dimensioned and configured to extend in the direction of said principal base a distance that is sufficient to substantially conceal said base in both of said operator's seat positions.