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

Claim 0:
1. A personal utility vehicle comprising:
a chassis having a motive source, a steering mechanism, and a plurality of wheels; and
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, wherein the platform includes a movable portion bounded by an outer fixed portion positioned around the movable portion.