Limousine construction

Claim 1

A limousine construction comprising: (a) a limousine having an exterior body with forward engine compartment, rear luggage compartment, a roof, floor and sides defining an interior for containing passengers, with six doors including three right and three side doors, each with forward pivotally attached edges, the doors being positioned in pairs including forward, center and rear door pairs; (b) a plurality of seats including front, center, and rear seats, each extending transversely fully across the vehicle interior each seat having end portions that communicate with door openings of the respective front, center and rear pair of doors, so that passengers can access any of the seats from either side of the vehicle via any of the doors; (c) the center seat comprising: (i) a base anchored to the vehicle chassis floor; (ii) a generally L-shaped composite seat/seat back assembly movably mounted upon the base between a forward facing position in which the seat is in a position closely adjacent the vehicle floor and a rearward facing position in which the seat back is in a position closely adjacent the vehicle floor; (iii) first and second cushioned seat elements connected with respect to each other in an L configuration; (iv) a left seat support flange and a right seat support flange that rigidly hold each cushioned seat element with respect to the other, wherein the seat/seat back retains the generally L shape during transition between the forward and rearward facing positions; and (d) a moving seat support mechanism including a single left pivot arm and a single right pivot arm, each pivot arm being pivotally mounted at one end portion thereof to the base and being pivotally mounted at the opposite end portion thereof to one of the flanges, the pivot arms comprising means for translating the center seat upwardly with respect to the base during transition between the forward and rearward facing positions.