Patent ID: 6821078
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: A61G,B60N

Abstract:
A combination chair and dock system for installation in a motor vehicle comprising a dock and a removable chair, said chair having a frame supporting a seat and a back, said dock having a lifting portion with horizontal members and vertical members extending approximately normal to said horizontal members, said back having a rear surface extending along said vertical members from said seat toward a top edge, said seat having a bottom surface extending along said horizontal members from said back to a forward edge, a flexible drive mechanism connected to said lifting portion for vertical movement and horizontal movement, said dock adapted to be mounted in the motor vehicle, said dock carrying horizontal arms, said arms having an interior end and an exterior end, said flexible drive mechanism connected to said arms, said lifting portion movably connected to said arms whereby said flexible drive mechanism moves said removable chair relative to said arms, said removable chair having a left and a right side panel, each of said left and right side panel extending from said bottom surface vertically along said back and terminating in a left and right horizontally disposed arm rest, each of said left and right side panel having a rear section connected to said frame at said back and a front section connected to said frame at said forward edge, a left set of wheels connected to said left side panel, one of said left set of wheels at said front section and the another of said left set of wheels at said rear section, and a right set of wheels connected to said right side panel, one of said right set of wheels at said front section and another of said set of wheels at said rear section whereby said chair can roll across a support surface, a plurality of jacks, each of said plurality of jacks connected between said left and right side panels and each of said left and right sets of wheels whereby said left and right sets of wheels can be retracted toward said bottom surface or extended away from said bottom surface, a set of controls mounted in said chair and operatively connected to a motor, said motor connected to said dock whereby an occupant of said chair can operate said dock when said docking mechanism is docked with said chair.