Seats Incorporated

Grumman Allied Industries, Inc.

James W Hofrichter

Harold J VanDuser

James L Kreger

David A White

A seat belt support assembly providing for shifting of the load on the seat belt from an anchor link connected to the vehicle seat to a tether belt connected to the vehicle frame.

Slotted link seat belt inter-connecting point link

A seat with integral three point user restraint which has a seat and a three point restraint system for restraining the user to the seat, the three point restraint system is mounted entirely and directly to the seat, the seat and the three point restraint system together form a self contained integral unit so that the seat is adaptable to different installations without relocating the three point restraint system.

Seat with three point user restraint

An improved swivel seat pedestal is disclosed. The pedestal has a swivel plate rotatable about a pivot pin secured to a fixed base plate. Two bearing clamps are secured to the underside of the swivel plate and extend under the base plate to add lateral bending, and torsional stability to the pedestal. A stop clamp is mounted under the base plate to limit rotation of the swivel plate to a predetermined range.

Swivel seat pedestal

A collapsible seat for use in industrial machinery cabs or commercial vehicles. The seat is secured at one end to a hinge attached to a vertical support member. The other end of the seat is supported by foldable arms, and a flexible tension member interconnects a lever arm adjacent the seat and the foldable arms. Rotation of the lever arm causes the foldable arms to fold and the seat to collapse against the vertical support member.

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Reedsburg, WI, United States of America

James W Hofrichter