Patent ID: 8465077

Claim:
A vehicle with an adjustable seating assembly, the vehicle comprising: a chassis carrying a straddle type seat; at least one steerable front wheel and at least two rear wheels operably coupled to the chassis; a steering member for steering the at least one front wheel; an engine carried by the chassis for powering the vehicle; an accessory platform positioned rearward of the straddle type seat; and a first seating structure including a support portion having a back plate, a pad coupled to the support portion, a channel extending through a lower portion of the support portion, and a rod extending through the channel for coupling the first seating structure to the vehicle, the first seating structure being adjustable between a first position wherein the pad is generally upright relative to the accessory platform and facing toward the straddle type seat, and a second position wherein the pad is positioned within an opening of the accessory platform and the back plate of the support portion is generally flush with a top surface of the accessory platform to define a segment of the accessory platform, the first seating structure being pivotable between the first and second positions such that the support portion, the pad, and the channel are pivotable about a common axis, and the first seating structure being spaced apart from the straddle type seat in the first and second positions.