Patents Assigned to Franz Kiel GmbH
  • Patent number: 10131257
    Abstract: A passenger seat is provided. The passenger seat may have a structural part for accommodating a seat cushion, and having at least two connection elements serving for the connection with the vehicle structure and being arranged at a distance from each other, at least one of the connection elements is connected to the structural part by a fixed bearing. At least one of the connection elements is connected to the structural part by a floating bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Franz Kiel GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Mill
  • Patent number: 9688165
    Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle, in particular a public transport vehicle such as a bus or train, comprises a transversely positioned bench seat in front of which there is a wheelchair space. In front of the transversely positioned bench seat in the travel direction of the vehicle is arranged a barrier device comprising at least one barrier element and a rotation axis, about which the barrier element can be moved between a tilted-down position extending in front of the transversely positioned bench seat and a tilted-up position which leaves the wheelchair space free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Franz Kiel GMBH
    Inventor: Jürgen Mill
  • Publication number: 20140346825
    Abstract: The invention relates to a double folding seat for a vehicle, particularly a public transportation vehicle such as a bus or a train, with a bench seat positioned in the direction of travel of the vehicle that has a backrest and a seating surface that can be folded between a home position and a sitting position, with a retaining device for holding a wheelchair or the like that has at least two hooks arranged in extension of the backrest and mounted on a wall supported on a floor of the vehicle, which hooks can be tightened by means of respective tightening members and loosened by respective loosening members, with a safety belt for the wheelchair user and with a covering for the tightening members and loosening members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Franz Kiel GmbH
    Inventor: JUERGEN MILL