Patent ID: 7100991

Claim:
Apparatus for positioning an occupant of a vehicle in an area of a closeable roof hatch, comprising: a carrier frame constructed for suspended securement in a vehicle below a roof hatch and including a vertical support portion and a horizontal standing area connected to the vertical support portion; a seat assembly for the occupant, said seat assembly having a backrest guided by the vertical support portion for movement in a vertical direction between upper and lower end positions and spring-biased to seek the upper end position, a seating area swingably mounted to a lower end of the backrest allowing pivotal movement from a horizontal disposition to a substantially vertical position in a direction of the carrier frame out of a movement path of the occupant, when the occupant moves to an upright position, and a coupling brace having one end swingably mounted to the seating area and another end swingably mounted to the standing area; and a seat belt connected to the seat assembly.