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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1997
Robert B Scraver, Holland, MI (US);
David B Busch, Holland, MI (US);
Chester R Wisniewski, Holland, MI (US);
Prince Corporation, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat platform extends between the sidewalls of a vehicle and is mounted to rotating members and is offset from their axis of rotation such that the seat, when rotated to a seating position, is positioned above the floor level and, when rotated to a storage position, is positioned in a recess with the opposite side of the seating surface defining the floor of the vehicle. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the seating platform is slidably mounted to a beam such that the seat can be rotated to one or more intermediate vertical positions and locked in such positions with the seat platform defining a divider for a storage area between the seat platform and the rear of the vehicle.