Patent ID: 8827345

Claim:
A swivel seat assembly for a machine, comprising: a bottom plate mounted to a frame of the machine to prevent rotation of the bottom plate relative to the machine about a rotational axis; a top plate pivotally mounted to the bottom plate for rotation of the top plate relative to the bottom plate about the rotational axis; an operator seat mounted to the top plate for rotation with the top plate about the rotational axis; an actuator mounted on the bottom plate; a latching member moveably mounted on the bottom plate and operatively connected to the actuator; at least two locking slots associated with the top plate and each defining a locking position of the top plate, with a first locking slot defining a first locking position and a second locking slot defining a second locking position, where the latching member engages the first locking slot to lock the top plate in the first locking position and the latching member engages the second locking slot to lock the top plate in the second locking position, and wherein the top plate rotates relative to the bottom plate between the first locking position and the second locking position; and a remote switch operatively connected to the actuator, wherein actuation of the remote switch when the latching member engages one of the first locking slot and the second locking slot cause the actuator to operate to disengage the latching member from the one of the first locking slot and the second locking slot to allow the top plate to rotate the latching member away from the one of the first locking slot and the second locking slot and toward the other of the first locking slot and the second locking slot.