Patent ID: 11884191
Assignee: CLUB CAR, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A personal utility vehicle, comprising:
a chassis having a motive source, a steering mechanism, and a plurality of wheels;
a seat having a pivotable seat bottom pivotably attached to a platform supported by the chassis and a fixed seat back connected to the chassis, wherein the pivotable seat bottom is pivotable with respect to the fixed seat back and the platform, from a first position in which the pivotable seat bottom cooperates with the fixed seat back to define a seating area, to a second position in which the pivotable seat bottom defines one wall of a cargo bay, the seat back defines an opposing wall of the cargo bay, and the platform defines a closed bottom surface of the cargo bay extending between the one wall defined by the pivotable seat bottom and the opposing wall defined by the seat back; and
a support rail connected to the chassis, wherein when the pivotable seat bottom is in the first position, the fixed seat back is positioned proximate one edge of the pivotable seat bottom and the support rail is positioned proximate an opposite edge of the pivotable seat bottom, so that the pivotable seat bottom pivots towards the support rail when moving from the first position to the second position.