Patent ID: 9744930
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A vehicle for use in an amusement park ride with upright passenger seating, comprising: a vehicle body; a seat pan provided in the vehicle body between a front end and a rear end of the vehicle body; a lap bar assembly; a lap bar mount pivotally supporting the lap bar assembly within the vehicle body wherein the lap bar pivots about a lap bar rotation axis passing between the seat pan and the front end of the vehicle body; a side leg shield; and a shield articulating assembly concurrently pivoting the side leg shield about a shield rotation axis from an open to a closed position with a pivoting of the lap bar assembly about the lap bar rotation axis from a disengaged to an engaged position, wherein the lap bar assembly includes a cross bar and a lap bar arm extending from a first end that is coupled to the cross bar to a second end, opposite the first end, that is coupled to the lap bar mount, wherein the side leg shield extends outward from and is pivotally supported by the lap bar arm, and wherein the shield rotation axis extends through the lap bar arm and is transverse to the cross bar.