Patent ID: 6863017
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: B60N,B63B

Abstract:
1. An assembly for safely supporting an occupant within a vehicle, said assembly comprising: a) an occupant support structure removably secured to the occupant and structured to position the occupant in a predetermined orientation relative to the vehicle, b) a platform secured to the vehicle in supporting relation to said occupant support structure, c) a stabilization assembly moveably interconnecting said occupant support structure to said platform and the vehicle, d) said stabilization assembly including an orientation portion moveable relative to said occupant support structure in response to movement of the vehicle during travel, e) said orientation portion cooperatively structured with a remaining portion of said stabilization assembly to restrict movement of the occupant and said occupant support structure out of said predetermined orientation during travel of the vehicle, and f) a movable coupling disposed in innerconnecting relation between said orientation portion and said remaining portion, said movable coupling structured to facilitate disposition of said orientation portion throughout a substantially limited, universal range of movement relative to said remaining portion and said occupant support structure.