Patent ID: 9688165
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61G,B60N

Claim:
1. A seat assembly for a public transport vehicle the vehicie having a front, a back, and a length, where the length of the vehicle is defined as extending from the front of the vehicle to the back of the vehicle, a first bench seat oriented perpendicular to the length of the vehicle facing to the front of the vehicle, and having an in-use position and a stowed position; a wheelchair space located between the first bench seat and the front of the vehicle, and a barrier device situated immediately adjacent to the first bench seat and located between the wheelchair space and the first bench seat along the length of the vehicle, the barrier device comprising at least one barrier element, and the barrier device having a rotation element about which the at least one barrier element can be moved between a swiveled-out position, to extend the barrier element parallel with and in front of the first bench seat, and a swiveled-in position which provides a free space for accommodating a wheelchair in the wheelchair space when the bench seat is in a stowed position.