Patent ID: 6186573
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A vehicle seat assembly for a front passenger area of a vehicle, the vehicle seat assembly comprising:a vehicle seat having a back support portion and a bottom portion;a base coupled to the bottom portion, the base being adapted for coupling the seat to a vehicle;the vehicle seat being swivelable between a forward facing and a rearward facing orientation relative to the vehicle;wherein said back support portion is adapted for being positioned in spaced relationship to an air bag of the vehicle for preventing injury to an infant positioned in said vehicle seat while said vehicle seat is positioned in said rearward facing orientation;said base having an annular bottom groove on an upper surface of said base, said annular bottom groove extending around proximate a perimeter edge of said base, said outer perimeter edge of said base being adjacent to a base of a perimeter wall of said bottom portion of said vehicle seat;said bottom portion having an annular upper groove on a lower surface of said bottom portion, said upper groove extending around proximate said perimeter wall of said bottom portion of said vehicle seat such that said annular upper groove is alienable with said lower groove when said bottom portion is engaged to said base;a plurality of bearings being positioned between said lower groove and said upper groove for facilitating rotation of said bottom portion relative to said base;said swivel adjustment assembly having an adjustment arm having a proximal end pivotally coupled to a center of said bottom portion, said adjustment arm being positioned substantially within an interior space of said bottom portion, said adjustment arm further having an extension portion depending downwardly from a medial portion of said adjustment arm through an aperture in a bottom of said bottom portion, said aperture being positioned between said center of said bottom portion and said upper groove, said adjustment arm having a retaining portion depending downwardly from said extension portion, said retaining portion being insertable into said retaining indents for preventing rotation of said bottom portion relative to said base.