IP Library Granted Patent US 6,899,367
Granted Patent B1
US 6,899,367 · App. 10/747,074 · Granted May 31, 2005

Movable seat for vehicle

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Patent No.
US 6,899,367
App. No.
10/747,074
Granted
May 31, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

There is provided a movable seat for a vehicle which makes it possible for passengers to feel more liberating. The vehicle is partitioned into a cab and the bed by a partition wall. A plurality of seats are provided in the cab and arranged in parallel in the direction of the width of a vehicle body. A seat moving mechanism is provided between the seats and the vehicle body, for holding the plurality of seats such that the plurality of seats can move in the direction of the width of the vehicle body, and moving the plurality of seats from the cab rearward onto the bed and holding the plurality of seats.

Claims (10)

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a partition wall that partitions the vehicle into a cab and a bed;

seats provided in the cab; and

a seat moving mechanism provided between said seats and a vehicle body, said seat moving mechanism having links with one ends thereof pivotally supported by front parts of said seats and the other ends thereof pivotally supported by a floor, and moving said seats from the cab rearward and upward onto the bed and holds said seats.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said seat moving mechanism includes guides that restricts moving tracks of said links and said seats such that said links and said seats move in parallel.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

said partition wall includes an upper partition wall and a lower partition wall;

said seat and said lower partition wall are moved by said seat moving mechanism; and

said upper partition wall has one end thereof being pivotally supported by the vehicle body, and has the other end thereof being rotated toward a rear and upper part of the vehicle to serve as a windscreen when said seats are moved onto the bed.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said links includes a step serving as a footrest when said seats are moved rearward.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055472/0944 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 16, 2007
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO K.K. (A.K.A. MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION)
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO K.K. (A.K.A. MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION)
Reel/Frame 019019/0761 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2004
From: PLAVETICH, RICHARD; RAGLE, GARY J.; SCHUTTERA, CHRISTOPHER A.; PRESTON, WALLACE R.
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISA
Reel/Frame 015157/0748 →