Patent ID: 11932148
Assignee: SEATS INCORPORATED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 20:
21. A bellows assembly for a seat assembly for a cab of a vehicle, the seat assembly including a seating portion and a base portion with four sides, including a front side, first and second lateral sides, and a rear side, the bellows assembly comprising:
a bellows with a skirt that is sized to extend vertically to cover at least part of a height of the base portion, the skirt exhibiting a continuous perimeter between a first portion and a second portion, the skirt being configured to extend along the four sides of the base portion of the seat assembly with a break between the first and second portions of the skirt; and
one or more closures configured to at least one of releasably secure the first and second portions of the skirt together at the break or releasably secure the first and second portions of the skirt to the base portion, to secure the bellows to the base portion while the base portion is installed within the cab of the vehicle and while the seating portion is installed on the seat assembly;
wherein the continuous perimeter extends between first and second free ends of the skirt with the break between the first and second free ends of the skirt;
wherein the one or more closures includes:
at least one anchor feature configured to releasably engage at least one opening on at least one of (i) the bellows or (ii) the base portion, to either (i) secure the first and second free ends together at the break or (ii) secure the first and second free ends to the base portion, and thereby secure the skirt around the base portion of the seat assembly;
the at least one anchor feature being releasable from the at least one opening to provide access to the base portion via the break, or to install or remove the skirt from the base portion, without detaching the base portion from the cab or detaching the seating portion from the seat assembly; and

the at least one anchor feature including a protrusion extending from the base portion to engage the at least one opening.