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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Pratt & Miller Engineering and Fabrication, Inc., New Hudson, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kevin R. Kwiatkowski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kris Houghton, Plymouth, MI (US);
Celyn M. Evans, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION, INC., New Hudson, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/01 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60R 7/14 (2006.01); B60N 2/22 (2006.01); B60N 2/50 (2006.01); F41H 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/01 (2013.01); B60N 2/20 (2013.01); B60N 2/22 (2013.01); B60N 2/3047 (2013.01); B60N 2/502 (2013.01); B60R 7/14 (2013.01); F41H 7/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved seating system is provided for vehicles, including military vehicles. Center-facing seats are staggered to provide for a narrow vehicle profile, improved ingress and egress, and increased blast survivability. Seats may be reclined or reclinable, and seats may have seat pans upwardly movable away from a center aisle between rows of seats to increase an effective width of the aisle for improved ingress and egress.