Claims
- 1. A seating assembly for use in a motor vehicle wherein the occupant normally wears a belt for supporting one or more objects, said assembly comprising:
- a frame having a base and a back;
- mounting means for securing said frame within a motor vehicle;
- a shell secured to said frame; and,
- a cushion assembly secured to said shell, said cushion assembly having a back section, a seat section and a lumbar section intermediate the back section and the seat section, said lumbar section having a width less than the width of said back section and seat section to provide a recess on each side of said lumbar section between the seat section and back section to accommodate an object carried on the occupant's belt.
- 2. The seating assembly of claim 1, wherein said back cushion includes a recess and a removable ballistic cushion seated in said recess in said back cushion.
- 3. The seating assembly of claim 1, wherein said lumbar section is adjustable to conform to the lower back of the occupant.
- 4. A seat assembly for use by an occupant of a vehicle who normally wears a utility belt having various holstered items secured to the belt, said assembly comprising:
- a frame having a base and a back,
- a molded shell mounted on said base and said back, said shell including a seat section, a lumbar section and a back section, said lumbar section having a width narrower than said seat section and said back section to form a recess on each end of said lumbar section between the seat section and back section,
- an elastomeric fabric suspended over the seat section, lumbar section and back section and a seat cushion supported on said fabric over said seat section, a back cushion suspended on said fabric over said back section, and a lumbar cushion supported on said fabric over said lumbar section, said lumbar cushion having a width corresponding to the width of said lumbar section to provide a recess at each end of the lumbar section between the seat section and back cushion.
- 5. The seat assembly according to claim 4 including means for selectively inflating said lumbar section.
- 6. The seat assembly according to claim 5 including a pocket in the center of said back cushion and a bullet resistant shield removably mounted in said pocket whereby said shield can be removed from said back cushion for defensive purposes by the occupant.
- 7. The seat assembly according to claim 4 including means for adjustably mounting said frame in the vehicle whereby the back of the frame remains in a vertical plane when moved between a driving position and a resting position.
- 8. The seat assembly according to claim 7 wherein said cushions are removable for replacement or repair.
- 9. A car seat comprising a frame, a shell mounted on said frame, a rim provided around the perimeter of said shell, a support assembly secured to said rim and a cushion assembly mounted on said support assembly, said shell includes a seat section, a lumbar section and a back section, said lumbar section having a width smaller than the width of said seat section and said back section to form a recess on each end of the lumbar section and said support assembly includes a seat cover spanning said seat section, a lumbar cover spanning said lumbar section, and a back cover spanning said back section.
- 10. The seat according to claim 9 wherein each of said covers includes means for securing the edges of said covers to said rim on each side of said seat, back and lumbar sections.
- 11. The car seat according to claim 10 wherein said securing means comprises a clip secured to each edge of each of said covers.
- 12. The car seat according to claim 9 wherein said cushion assembly includes a seat cushion supported by said seat cover, a lumbar cushion supported by said lumbar cover, and a back cushion supported by said back cover.
- 13. The car seat according to claim 12 wherein each of said cushions includes means for removably connecting the seat cushion, the lumbar cushion and the back cushion to said rim.
- 14. The car seat according to claim 13 wherein said back cushion includes a central recess and further including a bulletproof cushion removably mounted in said recess.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of my application Ser. No. 07/511,249, filed on Apr. 19, 1990, now abandoned and entitled "Seating Assembly."
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Foreign Referenced Citations (3)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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