Patent ID: 7156443
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: B60N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A safety bar device for vehicles with a cabin having a frame unit mounted on wheels comprising: a. a swivel seat bottom pivotally mounted on the frame unit by a pivot hinge; b. a gravity actuator connected to the swivel seat, wherein the gravity actuator is installed to pivot about an axis on the frame unit, wherein the gravity actuator has an eccentric weight propping the seat up at a gravity actuator neutral position until it is biased to a gravity actuator seated position by the weight of a seating passenger; and c. an safety bar fixed at a proximal end to the gravity actuator with a distal end protruding upright at the gravity actuator neutral position in preparation for the passenger to board the vehicle and lowered to a gravity actuator seated position when a passenger sits on the seat.