Talk:Bucket seat

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[edit] 1970 invention?

The last para needs a source. Paragraphs above it speak of cars made prior to 1970 that have bucket seats. Either it is wrong, or there is more to the story than is said. Unfortunately [1] confirms the issueance of a design patent around 1970 but does not have the text available. More later if I find more. ++Lar: t/c 12:17, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Steve McQueen certainly did not "invent" bucket seats in 1970. That is a self evident fact. The thousands of cars made prior to 1970 that came equipped with them attests to that. I think the patent refers to a particular design of bucket seat for, presumably, racing use. I'm removing the reference. JE1977 20:22, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

It might warrant a mention in the trivia section --66.65.22.23 03:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Miscellaneous

In conjunction with a rewrite, removed this paragraph which has only tangential relation to the subject of the page:

The center console, often found between the front bucket seats in most automobiles, usually includes a storage compartment and a floor shifter for automatic or manual transmissions. It may also include an ashtray, cupholders, and possibly some other instruments and functions, such as a hand-operated parking brake lever. The latter is commonly found on sports cars and small economy cars which are most often equipped with manual transmissions, for which the hand-operated parking brake is a lot more practical than the foot-operated parking brake, typically found on domestic mid-sized and larger cars. Bucket seats, therefore, offer a functionality that bench seats do not.

Maralia 18:47, 11 July 2007 (UTC)