US Patent Issued to AMI Industries on April 8 for "Breakover vehicle operator seat convertible to non-breakover configuration" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,600, issued on April 8, was assigned to AMI Industries Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Breakover vehicle operator seat convertible to non-breakover configuration" was invented by Douglas E. Hoover (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Chad R. Pacheco (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat frame structure for a rotorcraft or other vehicle operator seat is convertible between non-breakover and breakover configurations. The structure includes fixed frame members mounted to the cabin floor (e.g., via floor tracks) and pivoting frame members for supporting the operator seat, the pivoting and fixed frame members connected ...