American Seating Company

Douglas L Fassett

David I Wolf

Trevor R Haney

Paul J Martus

Bernard A Herold, Iii

Douglas G Oswald

Jeffrey A Weber

Brady A Olason

Jeffrey Daniel Allison

Nino Senoadi

Bernard Herrold, Iii

Scott A MacInnes

John K Blomstrom

David J Ippel

Richard C Magnuson

Bernard Harold, Iii

Chair base

Chair arm

Chair shell

The specification discloses a modular transportation seating assembly that includes a support frame and seats mounted on the frame. The frame includes a seat beam and a cantilever beam. The cantilever beam includes a body and a connector inserted into the body and held together by compressive force. The body has an end defining a plurality of receivers, and the connector includes a plurality of lugs each received within one of said receivers. The seat beam includes a body, a tee nut slidably received within the body, a second connector outside the body, and a fastener intersecuring the two connectors to retain them in position along the length of the body. A single fastener intersecures the connectors on the seat beam and the cantilever beam. The seat includes a flange hooked about the back edge of the seat beam and one or more fasteners connecting the seat to the forward edge of the seat beam. The backs of adjacent seats define a vee, and a seat tie fills the lower portion of the vee to prevent objects from accidentally catching in the vee. The seats are molded and can include an integrally molded grab rail.

Transportation seating system

Transportation seat

Triple passenger seat

Dual passenger seat with grab rail

Dual passenger seat

A system for restraining a wheelchair in a vehicle comprises a barrier having housings for restraining belts thereon. A remote release assembly is mounted on the barrier remote from the housing and is connected to the housing, as by a cable. The wheelchair is secured by first operating the assembly to release the belt from the housing to allow the vehicle operator to withdraw the belt from the housing and attach it to the wheelchair before the wheelchair is fully in the securing area Then, as the wheelchair is moved fully into the wheelchair area the operator again operates the remote assembly to cause the housing to retract the belt into the housing to tension the belt.

Wheelchair restraining system with remotely-controlled restraining belts

Passenger seat

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Kentwood, MI, United States of America

Douglas L Fassett