A safety seat construction for automotive and other vehicle use which includes mechanical means for causing the vehicle seat bottom to be raised at the front and the seat back to be tilted backwardly, and which includes in combination therewith a shoulder restraining device that is mounted on the seat back to hold a person against the seat back as it is tipped rearwardly.
A seat with a user protecting device, includes a leg member, a backrest member attached to the leg member so as to extend upward therefrom, a seat member attached to the leg member so as to be between a seating position in which the seat member is arranged substantially horizontally and an inclined position in which at least a rear end portion of the seat member located on a back rest side of the leg member is arranged below the seating position or a front end portion of the seat member located opposite to the rear end portion thereof is arranged above the seating position, and a seat member rotation mechanism for holding the seat member in the seating position and allowing the seat member to rotate selectively from the seating position to the inclined position.
A safety device for motor vehicles whereby protection is provided in the event of collision by rotating or tilting the seat rearwardly thus placing the passenger in a safe position. Energy absorption devices slow forward movement of the seat following impact.
A prop and latch rod mechanism is provided for use with a passenger seat carried forwardly of the cargo deck on a utility vehicle. The mechanism is particularly useful for securing a pivotable seat in a forwardly tilted transport position so that the cargo deck storage space can be enlarged. The preferred embodiment utilizes the mechanism with a vehicle adapted for emergency medical usage and permits the utility deck to be extended to accommodate a stretcher. The mechanism is comprised of a wire rod pivotally coupled at one end with the seat, having a track or channel that permits quick and easy movement of the seat between its operative and forwardly pivoted transport position and includes a latch structure that is releasably engageable with a latch rod carried on the vehicle.
A vehicle seat (1) comprises a squab (2) and a back (3). The seat is associated with a roll-over sensor (11) which activates a pyrotechnic charge within a cylinder (12) to cause the seat (1) to move to an alternative configuration in which the head of the occupant of the seat is moved so that the clearance between the head of the occupant and the roof is increased. The head of the occupant is thus spaced further from the roof of the vehicle, since the roof of the vehicle may be depressed during a roll-over accident.
A portable seat especially adapted for use as a baby seat has a portable base with means for releasably attaching the base to the seat of a vehicle and a seat supported by the base, connected between the portable base and the seat by which the seat can move relative to the base in a controlled manner to elevate the front and the rear of the seat in the same action as the seat moves forward such as occurs by inertia upon a sudden deceleration, the entire apparatus being self-contained and portable so that the apparatus can be removed or installed as desired.
