Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compact seating arrangement
- Patent Title (中): 紧凑的座椅安排
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Application No.: US13569679Application Date: 2012-08-08
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Publication No.: US08851547B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Ian Gordon Murray
- Applicant: Ian Gordon Murray
- Applicant Address: GB Shalford
- Assignee: Gordon Murray Design Limited
- Current Assignee: Gordon Murray Design Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Shalford
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- Agent Z. Peter Sawicki; Amanda M. Prose
- Priority: GB0704966.1 20070315
- Main IPC: B60N2/01
- IPC: B60N2/01 ; B60N2/36

Abstract:
A seating arrangement for a vehicle having at least three seats, comprising two rear passenger seats aligned substantially transversely, and a driver's seat arranged substantially centrally and in front of said two rear passenger seats. The driver's seat extending rearward beyond the front of the legs of the rear passengers when seated in the passenger seats. The seats being arrangeable in multiple configurations: a three-seat configuration with a storage space behind the passenger seats, a two-seat configuration with one of the passenger seats folded down to extend said storage space and a one-seat configuration in which both passenger seats are folded down to extend further said storage space. A vehicle engine is mounted in a space beneath said storage space behind the passenger seats and/or beneath the passenger seats and a fuel tank, batteries or other power source is mounted beneath the driver's seat.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120299326A1 Compact seating arrangement Public/Granted day:2012-11-29
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