Patent ID: 7677663

Claim:
An assembly for safely supporting an occupant in a vehicle, said assembly comprising: a seat assembly, a support frame connected to said seat assembly and structured to enable rotational movement of said seat assembly about a first rotational axis, a mount assembly connected to said support frame and structured to facilitate rotational movement of said support frame about a second rotational axis, said support frame and said mount assembly cooperatively disposed and structured to define a substantially perpendicular orientation of said first and second rotational axes relative to one another, a connector assembly mounted on said support frame and disposed and structured to removably and rotationally interconnect said seat assembly to said support frame, said seat assembly including a housing having a float assembly disposed at least partially within said housing and structured to buoyantly support said seat assembly, and said float assembly and said connector assembly cooperatively disposed and structured to enable automatic detachment of said seat assembly from said support frame upon buoyant support of said seat assembly by said float assembly into a predetermined range of orientations.