Patent ID: 9415702
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: B60N

Claim Text:
1. A swiveling assembly for supporting a vehicle seat in a vehicle, the vehicle defining a vehicle floor and a doorstep at a predetermined level above the vehicle floor, said swiveling assembly comprising: a swivel, said swivel comprising a swivel bottom element and a swivel top element mounted to said swivel bottom element so as to be rotatable relative thereto about a swivel axis, said swivel bottom element being mountable to the vehicle floor; a swiveling assembly gear defining opposed gear top and bottom surfaces and a gear peripheral surface extending therebetween, said swiveling assembly gear also defining a gear axis substantially perpendicular to said gear top surface, said swiveling assembly gear being mounted to said swivel top element with said gear axis and said swivel axis substantially collinear with each other and said gear bottom surface facing said swivel top element; an actuator operatively coupled to said swiveling assembly gear for selectively rotating said swiveling assembly gear relative to said swivel bottom element; at least one spacer element mounted to said swiveling assembly gear and extending away from said gear top surface; and a seat support mounted to said at least one spacer element so as to be spaced apart from said swiveling assembly gear, the vehicle seat being mountable to said seat support; whereby said at least one spacer element raises said seat support so that the vehicle seat is above the doorstep when said swiveling assembly is operatively mounted to the vehicle floor and the vehicle seat is operatively mounted to said swiveling assembly; said swiveling assembly further comprising alternative spacer elements differing in heights from said at least one spacer element, whereby replacing said at least one spacer element with one of said alternative spacer elements adapts said swiveling assembly to vehicles having different dimensions and configurations.