IP Library Granted Patent US 7,934,762
Granted Patent B2
US 7,934,762 · App. 12/085,795 · Granted May 3, 2011

Vehicle with sleeping arrangement

Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,934,762
App. No.
12/085,795
Granted
May 3, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement includes a vehicle compartment, a driver's seat mounted in the compartment, the driver's seat having a bottom cushion portion and a back portion, and a passenger's seat mounted in the compartment, the passenger's seat having a bottom cushion portion and a back portion. At least one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat may be pivotable from a normal use position facing a front of the compartment to a sleeping position oriented approximately 90° relative to the normal use position, and the pivotable seat is adapted to recline such that the bottom cushion portion and the back portion of the pivotable seat defines at least part of a generally horizontal surface together with the bottom cushion portion of the other one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement, comprising:

a vehicle compartment;

a driver's seat mounted in the compartment, the driver's seat having a bottom cushion portion and a back portion; and

a passenger's seat mounted in the compartment, the passenger's seat having a bottom cushion portion and a back portion, wherein at least one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat is pivotable from a normal use position facing a front of the compartment to a sleeping position oriented approximately 90° relative to the normal use position, and the pivotable seat is adapted to recline such that the bottom cushion portion and the back portion of the pivotable seat defines at least part of a generally horizontal surface together with the bottom cushion portion of the other one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

2. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the bottom cushion portion and the back portion of the pivotable seat and the bottom cushion portion of the other seat define a gap in the generally horizontal surface.

3. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 2 , comprising a cushion arrangement mounted in the vehicle compartment and unfoldable to substantially bridge the gap.

4. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 3 , wherein the cushion arrangement is foldable over the generally horizontal surface to define a substantially continuous surface over the generally horizontal surface.

5. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 3 , wherein the cushion arrangement is mounted to a rear wall of the compartment.

6. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 3 , further comprising a lever disposed in the compartment and movable between a use position in which the lever at least partially extends above an upper plane of the generally horizontal surface and a stored position in which the lever is disposed below the upper plane.

7. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the lever extends above the upper plane in the gap when in the use position.

8. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 2 , further comprising a lever disposed in the compartment and movable between a use position in which the lever at least partially extends above an upper plane of the generally horizontal surface and a stored position in which the lever is disposed below the upper plane.

9. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 8 , wherein the lever extends above the upper plane in the gap when in the use position.

10. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 1 , comprising a cushion arrangement mounted in the vehicle compartment and unfoldable over the bottom cushion portion and the back portion of the pivotable seat and the bottom, cushion portion of the other seat.

11. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the pivotable seat is pivotable such that the back portion is closer to the other seat than the bottom cushion portion.

12. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 11 , wherein at least one of the pivotable seat and the other seat is slidable toward and away from the other one of the pivotable seat and the other seat.

13. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the pivotable seat is pivotable such that the bottom cushion portion is closer to the other seat than the back portion.

14. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 13 , wherein at least one of the pivotable seat and the other seat is slidable toward and away from the other one of the pivotable seat and the other seat.

15. A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement as set forth in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the pivotable seat and the other seat is slidable toward and away from the other one of the pivotable seat and the other seat.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 15, 2017
From: MACK TRUCKS, INC.
To: AB VOLVO (PUBL.)
Reel/Frame 042014/0022 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 15, 2017
From: AB VOLVO (PUBL.)
To: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
Reel/Frame 042015/0858 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2008
From: HOLLENBECK, BRUCE P.; GREENEY, CLARENCE
To: MACK TRUCKS, INC
Reel/Frame 021058/0704 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100140010A1 · Jun 10, 2010