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1. A swivelling assembly for supporting a vehicle seat in a vehicle, said vehicle defining a vehicle floor and a doorstep at a predetermined level above said vehicle floor, said swivelling assembly comprising:
a swivel, said swivel comprising a swivel bottom element and a swivel top element mounted to said swivel bottom element so as to be rotatable relative thereto about a swivel axis, said swivel bottom element being mountable to said vehicle floor; a gear defining opposed gear top and bottom surfaces and a gear peripheral surface extending therebetween, said gear being provided with gear teeth along at least a portion thereof, said gear also defining a gear axis substantially perpendicular to said gear top surface, said gear being mounted to said swivel top element with said gear axis and said swivel axis substantially collinear with each other and said gear bottom surface facing said swivel top element; an actuator operatively coupled to said gear teeth for selectively rotating said gear relative to said swivel bottom element; at least one spacer element mounted to said gear and extending away from said gear top surface; and a seat support mounted to said at least one spacer element so as to be spaced apart from said gear, said vehicle seat being mountable to said seat support; whereby said at least one spacer element raises said seat support so that said vehicle seat is above said doorstep when said swivelling assembly is operatively mounted to said vehicle floor and said vehicle seat is operatively mounted to said swivelling assembly. |
