Patent ID: 9415703
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: B60N

Claim Text:
1. An articulated seating system comprising a user seat, the articulated seating system further comprising: an adapter plate configured to be affixed to a motor vehicle at a seat position inside the motor vehicle; a user seat fore-aft slide assembly slidably coupled to the adapter plate and configured to move the user seat linearly fore and aft in a motor vehicle relative to the adapter plate and relative to the front and back of the motor vehicle; a user seat swivel assembly rotatably mounted to the fore-aft slide assembly and configured to controllably swivel the user seat to an extension position, wherein the user seat in the extension position is rotated approximately 90° or more relative to the direction of linear fore and aft movement and is substantially inside the motor vehicle prior to outward extension of the user seat from the motor vehicle; and a user seat extension assembly mounted to the swivel assembly, wherein the extension assembly comprises: wherein the user seat is movable between the extension position and the access position by extending and/or retracting the first carriage; further wherein the user seat is movable between the extension position and a drive position in which the fore-aft slide assembly, the swivel assembly and the extension assembly are substantially above the adapter plate and below the user seat and in which the user seat is facing in a forward orientation.