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A seat accessory is used to assist a user in entering and exiting a vehicle and includes a seat element mounted on a base element by a bearing, such as a lazy-susan bearing. The seat element includes a planar center section, a wall section and a leg support section. The seat is saddle shaped and til

A seat accessory is used to assist a user in entering and exiting a vehicle and includes a seat element mounted on a base element by a bearing, such as a lazy-susan bearing. The seat element includes a planar center section, a wall section and a leg support section. The seat is saddle shaped and tilts a user back toward a rear section of the wall which is sized and shaped to support that user in a comfortable traveling position. The accessory includes stops so the seat element will tend to remain in a transfer position or in a traveling position as desired without the user exerting force on the seat element. A second form of the seat accessory includes a front section that is nearly planar and has a back section that is higher than the back section of the first form of the seat accessory.

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A seat accessory for use in a vehicle to assist entry and exit of that vehicle, comprising: A) a base element having strap-receiving slots locate adjacent to two side edges of said base element, a front edge and a top surface; B) a bearing mounted on said base element to swivel with respect to said

A seat accessory for use in a vehicle to assist entry and exit of that vehicle, comprising: A) a base element having strap-receiving slots locate adjacent to two side edges of said base element, a front edge and a top surface; B) a bearing mounted on said base element to swivel with respect to said base element between a transfer position to initially receive a user and a traveling position oriented to face the user forward of vehicle motion; C) a seat element mounted on said bearing for movement therewith, said seat element including (1) a center section, (2) a wall extending around said center section for 180°, said wall having a top rim located above said center section, (3) an arcuate wall section connected to said wall, and (4) a front section which includes (a) two arcuate leg support sections which are curved in a plane different from the curvature of said arcuate wall section, and (b) an arcuate divider section connecting said arcuate leg support sections together and having a radius of curvature which extends in a direction different from the radii of curvature of said leg support sections; D) stop means for stopping said seat element in said transfer position and in said traveling position and including (1) a first depression in said top surface of said base element located adjacent to said front edge, (2) a second depression in said top surface of said base element located adjacent to one side edge of said two side edges, (3) a roller bearing attached to said seat element for movement therewith, (4) a spring cage biasing said roller element into rolling contact with said top surface of said base element, and (5) an arcuate track defined in said top surface of said base element and connecting said depressions together.