| Adjustable seat for personal mobility vehicle -> Monitor Keywords |
|
|
 
Adjustable seat for personal mobility vehicleAdjustable seat for personal mobility vehicle description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070170761, Adjustable seat for personal mobility vehicle. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/762,435, filed on Jan. 26, 2006. BACKGROUND OF INVENTION [0002]This invention relates in general to land vehicles. More particularly, the invention relates to personal transports or personal mobility vehicles, such as wheelchairs, scooters and the like, and seats therefor. [0003]Wheelchairs are often intended to be capable of being used by various users having different size, physical constitutions, and impairments. To meet the need of various users, there is a need for wheelchair seats that are easily adjustable. SUMMARY OF INVENTION [0004]The present invention is directed towards an adjustable seat for personal mobility vehicles. The seat comprises a panel and a support structure. The panel comprises at least one panel part. The panel part is releasably secured relative to the support structure so as to be adjustable in at least one direction. The panel part has one of either a key member or a mating structure that is configured to mate with the other one of either the mating structure or the key member, which is supported in relation to the support structure to locate the panel part in a suitable adjusted position. [0005]The present invention is also directed towards a personal mobility vehicle seat comprising a panel comprising at least two panel parts. The panel parts are releasably secured to one another so that at least one of the panel parts is adjustable in at least one direction relative to the other one of the panel parts. One of the panel parts has a key member and the other panel part has a mating structure configured to mate with the key member to locate the panel parts in a suitable adjusted position relative to one another. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS [0006]FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an adjustable personal mobility vehicle seat. [0007]FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of panel parts. [0008]FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the panel parts shown in FIG. 2, as assembled. [0009]FIG. 4 is a sectional view of alternative panel parts. [0010]FIG. 5 is a sectional view of panel parts according to another embodiment. [0011]FIG. 6 is a sectional view of panel parts according to yet another embodiment. [0012]FIG. 7 is a sectional view of panel parts according to still another embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0013]Referring now to the drawings, there is illustrated in FIG. 1 an exploded perspective view of an adjustable seat, as generally indicated at 10, intended primarily for personal mobility vehicles, such as wheelchairs, scooters, and the like. For example, the seat 10 may be mounted on the base of a wheelchair having wheels for navigating the wheelchair on a supporting surface. The seat 10 comprises at least one panel, such as a seat panel 12, which is intended to support the buttocks of a person and portions of the hips. The seat 10 also includes a backrest panel 14, which is intended to support the back of the person. The seat 10 comprises a seat panel support structure 20 supporting from below the seat panel 12 and a backrest panel support structure 22 supporting from behind the backrest panel 14. [0014]The exemplary seat panel support structure 20 comprises a front transverse member 24 and left and right side members 26, which extend in the longitudinal direction of the seat 10, and are connected to the front transverse member 24 to form a substantially U-shaped configuration, as generally indicated at 28, although other support structures may be used. The U-shaped configuration 28 has suitable slots or holes 31 therein, in the front transverse member 24 and/or the side members 26. The holes 31 are provided for attachment of the seat panel 12 to the support structure 20, although other suitable structure may be provided for such attachment. [0015]The seat panel 12 has at least one panel part secured relative to the support structure 20 in a manner that allows the panel part to be adjustable in at least one direction. In the illustrated embodiment, the seat panel 12 has three panel parts, including, for example, a central panel part 38 and opposing panel parts, such as the left and right side panel parts 40, although other panel configurations may be used. One or more holes or slots 32 may be provided in the seat panel 12, which align at various positions with one or more holes 30 in the central panel part 38 and/or one or more holes 31 in the front transverse member 24 and/or the side members 26 and through which fasteners, such as threaded fasteners (not shown), may be inserted and tightened, for example, by nuts or other suitable structure, to releasably secure the seat panel 12 in relation to the seat panel support structure 20 in a suitable adjusted position. [0016]In the exemplary embodiment, the left and right side panel parts 40 are adjustable with respect to the central panel part 38 to adjust the width of the seat panel 12. The central panel part 38 may remain in a fixed position with respect to the seat panel support structure 20, although it may be movable, and the left and right side panel parts 40 may each be adjustable, although any one or more of the central panel parts 38 and/or the left and right side panel parts 40 may be adjustable. [0017]The backrest panel 14 has at least one panel secured relative to the support structure 22 so as to be adjustable in at least one direction. In the illustrated embodiment, backrest panel 14 has three panel parts, including, for example, a central panel part 46 and opposing panel parts, including the left and right side panel parts 48 shown, although other panel configurations may be used. One or more holes or slots 52 may be provided in the left and right side panel parts 48, which align at various positions with one or more slots or holes 44 in the central panel part 46 and through which fasteners, such as threaded fasteners (not shown), may be inserted and tightened, for example, by nuts or other suitable structure, to releasably secure the side panel parts 48 relative to the central panel part 46 and/or the support structure 22. [0018]In the exemplary embodiment, the left and right side panel parts 48 are adjustable with respect to the central panel part 46 to adjust the width of the backrest panel 14. The central panel part 46 may remain in a fixed position with respect to the backrest panel support structure 22, although it may be movable, and the left and right side panel parts 48 may each be adjustable, although any one of the central panel part 46 and/or the left and right side panel parts 48 may be adjustable. [0019]For adjusting the width of the seat panel 12 and backrest panel 14, the fasteners may be loosened and the left and right side panel parts 40, 48 may be adjusted laterally with respect to respective central panel parts 38, 46, and are retightened to secure the left and right side panel parts 40, 48 with respect to respective the central panel part 46 and/or the support structures 20, 22. Continue reading about Adjustable seat for personal mobility vehicle... Full patent description for Adjustable seat for personal mobility vehicle Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Adjustable seat for personal mobility vehicle patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. Start now! - Receive info on patent apps like Adjustable seat for personal mobility vehicle or other areas of interest. ### Previous Patent Application: Chair stabilizing device Next Patent Application: Seatback adjustment Industry Class: Chairs and seats ### FreshPatents.com Support Thank you for viewing the Adjustable seat for personal mobility vehicle patent info. IP-related news and info Results in 0.16764 seconds Other interesting Feshpatents.com categories: Accenture , Agouron Pharmaceuticals , Amgen , AT&T , Bausch & Lomb , Callaway Golf 174 |
 * Protect your Inventions * US Patent Office filing 
PATENT INFO |
|
