Seat Device for a Tilting Vehicle

Abstract

A seat device for a tilting vehicle has at least one seat bench, at least one frame structure, which includes an element of a vehicle frame of the tilting vehicle or can be or is fixed to the vehicle frame and on which the seat bench can be or is fixed, and at least one holding device, which includes at least one carrier, which is directly or indirectly fixed to the frame structure, and which includes at least one receiving unit which can be or is releasably arranged on the carrier and on which an auxiliary body can be arranged and, by way of a coupling device fixed to the auxiliary body, can be releasably fixed to the receiving unit.

Claims

1-10. (canceled)

11. A seat apparatus for a tilting vehicle, the seat apparatus comprising: a bench type seat, a frame structure which comprises an element of a vehicle frame of the tilting vehicle or which is securable or is secured to the vehicle frame and is securable or is secured to the bench type seat, and a retention device which comprises at least one carrier which is secured directly or indirectly to the frame structure and which comprises at least one receiving unit which is arrangeable or is arranged in a releasable manner on the carrier and on which an auxiliary member is arrangeable and is releasably securable to the receiving unit by way of a coupling device which is secured to the auxiliary member.

12. The seat apparatus according to claim 11, wherein at least one of: the receiving unit is arrangeable or is arranged in a joined arrangement at a side of the carrier facing the bench type seat, the receiving unit at least partially or completely overlaps the bench type seat at a side facing away from the frame structure, or the receiving unit comprises a portion of the bench type seat which continues the bench type seat.

13. The seat apparatus according to claim 11, wherein: the carrier comprises an element of the frame structure or is secured to the frame structure in a non-releasable manner, or the carrier can be securable or is secured to the frame structure in a releasable manner.

14. The seat apparatus according to claim 11, wherein: the carrier and the receiving unit form an integral common component, or the carrier and the receiving unit comprise components which are separate or are separable from each other.

15. The seat apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the receiving unit is arrangeable on the carrier in a joining direction which extends parallel, transversely or obliquely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tilting vehicle.

16. The seat apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a locking element by way of which the receiving unit is releasably securable to the carrier in a joined arrangement.

17. The seat apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the locking element comprises a clamping device, by way of which the receiving unit can be acted on with a clamping force and can be tensioned or clamped in a direction toward the carrier.

18. The seat apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the clamping device comprises at least one of a resilient element, a clamping lever, a clamping plate or a spreader plate.

19. The seat apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the locking element comprises a locking device, by way of which the receiving unit is securable to the carrier by forming a rear grip with respect to a joining direction.

20. The seat apparatus according to claim 11, wherein at least one of: the coupling device comprises, on the auxiliary member, a projection, by way of which the auxiliary member is releasably securable or is releasably secured to at least one of the receiving unit or the carrier, or the coupling device comprises an automatically or manually actuatable unlocking device, by way of which the coupling device is releasable from at least one of the receiving unit or the carrier.

21. The seat apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising: for a user of the tilting vehicle, at least one gripping unit which is securable or is secured directly to the frame structure and/or which is formed by at least one portion of the carrier and/or the receiving unit.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] FIG. 1 shows a perspective front view of a first embodiment of the seat apparatus.

[0033] FIG. 2 shows a sectioned view through the line A-A according to FIG. 1.

[0034] FIG. 3 shows a perspective detailed view of a portion of a receiving unit of the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2.

[0035] FIG. 4 shows a perspective exploded illustration of a second embodiment of the seat apparatus.

[0036] FIG. 5 shows an exploded perspective illustration of a third embodiment of the seat apparatus.

[0037] FIG. 6 shows a perspective front view of a fourth embodiment of the seat apparatus.

[0038] FIG. 7 shows a detailed view of an auxiliary member which is in the form of a portion of a bench type seat according to FIG. 6.

[0039] FIG. 8 shows a side view of a fifth embodiment of the seat apparatus.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0040] The Figures show embodiments of a seat apparatus for a tilting vehicle (not shown explicitly in the Figures), which seat apparatus is generally designated 2. The seat apparatus 2 comprises a bench type seat 4, on which a user of the tilting vehicle can be arranged in a seated manner. Furthermore, the seat apparatus 2 comprises a frame structure 6 which comprises an element of a vehicle frame of the tilting vehicle. The seat apparatus 2 comprises a retention device 8 on which auxiliary members 10 can be arranged. To this end, the retention device 8 comprises a carrier 12 which in the embodiments shown in the Figures is secured directly to the frame structure 8. On the carrier 12 of the retention device 8, there is releasably arranged a receiving unit 14 on which the auxiliary member 10 can be arranged and can be releasably secured in the receiving unit 10 by way of a coupling device 16 which is secured to the auxiliary member 10.

[0041] The Figures show embodiments of the seat apparatus 2 in which the carrier 12 of the retention device 8 is secured in each case in a non-releasable manner to the frame structure 6.

[0042] In the embodiments shown in the Figures, the receiving unit 14 is arranged in each case at a side of the carrier 12 facing the bench type seat 4. In the embodiments according to FIGS. 1, 4 and 5, the receiving unit 14 overlaps the bench type seat 4 at the side of the bench type seat 4 facing away from the frame structure 6. In the embodiments according to FIGS. 6 and 7, the receiving unit 14 directly abuts the frame structure 6 at the side facing the bench type seat 4.

[0043] FIGS. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the seat apparatus 2 in which the receiving unit 14 can be arranged on the carrier 12 in a joining direction 18 which extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the tilting vehicle. To this end, the receiving unit 14 has pincer-like ends which can be arranged on a corresponding portion of the carrier 12 by way of clamping. In order to secure the receiving unit 14, the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 3 comprises a locking element 20 which is formed by a clamping lever 22.

[0044] The carrier 12 according to the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 3 additionally comprises a gripping unit 24 which can be manually gripped by a user of the tilting vehicle. The receiving unit 14 is clamped to the gripping unit 24 in such a case.

[0045] FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the seat apparatus 2. Also in the embodiment according to FIG. 2, the receiving unit 14 forms a gripping unit 24. In order to join the receiving unit 14 to the carrier 12, in the embodiment according to FIG. 4 the joining direction 18 extends parallel with the longitudinal axis of the tilting vehicle. In order to connect the receiving unit 14 to the carrier 12 in a joined arrangement, the locking element 20 of the embodiment according to FIG. 4 comprises a spreader plate 26.

[0046] FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the seat apparatus 2. Also in the embodiment according to FIG. 5, the receiving unit 14 for joining to the carrier 12 is joined in a joining direction 18 which extends parallel with the longitudinal axis of the tilting vehicle. In a joined arrangement, a locking element 20 which is in the form of a locking device 28 engages with a portion of the carrier 12.

[0047] In the embodiment according to FIG. 5, the gripping unit 24 is constructed to be secured to the luggage bridge, that is to say, on the receiving unit 14.

[0048] FIGS. 6 and 7 shows a fourth embodiment of the seat apparatus 2. In this embodiment, the auxiliary member 10 comprises a portion 30 which continues the bench type seat 4 and which can be secured to the receiving unit 14 by way of a coupling device 16 which is in the form of a projection.

[0049] FIG. 7 shows a fifth embodiment of the seat apparatus 2 which is similar to the embodiment according to FIG. 6. Instead of securing a portion 30 which continues the bench type seat 4, the auxiliary member 10 which can be arranged at that location comprises a transport container 32.

[0050] As a result of the construction of the receiving unit 14 directly on the frame structure 6 at the side of the frame structure 6 facing the bench type seat 4, a portion 30 which continues the bench type seat 4 or a transport container 32 can be selectively arranged.

[0051] The features of the invention disclosed in the above description, in the claims and in the drawings may be significant both individually and in any desired combination in the implementation of the invention in the various embodiments thereof.

TABLE-US-00001 List of reference numerals 2 Seat apparatus 4 Bench type seat 6 Frame structure 8 Retention device 10 Auxiliary member 12 Carrier device 14 Receiving unit 16 Coupling device 18 Joining direction 20 Locking element 22 Clamping lever 24 Gripping unit 26 Spreader plate 28 Locking device 30 Portion which continues the bench type seat 32 Transport container