Patent ID: 9428276
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B60N,B64D

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle passenger seat swivel mechanism connected between a seat frame upon which an individual sits and a seat base which is secured to a vehicle body, the seat frame includes a deployable legrest; the swivel assembly comprising: a swivel axis around which the seat frame and the legrest rotate in relation to the seat base; a tracking axis, approximately perpendicular to the swivel axis, along which the seat frame and the legrest can translate in relation to the seat base; a guide plate, disposed on one of the seat base and the seat frame, comprising a guide plate rail; a guide follower, disposed on the other of the seat base and the seat frame, comprising an engagement surface engaging the guide plate rail; wherein as the seat frame swivels around the swivel axis, one of the guide plate and the guide follower is displaced along the translation axis, which causes at least the seat frame to displace in the same direction along the translation axis, to at least a first or a second clearance distance from the swivel axis, and wherein the guide plate and the guide follower do not overlap along the swivel axis.