Plasan Sasa offers the Suspended Mine Blast Resistant Seat (Patent
Pending) as an optional component rather than collapsible seats.
The Mine Blast Resistant Seat is comprised of a suspended crew
seat supported by a high strength, high tension fiber rope connected
to multiple points on the roof and floor (or sides) of a vehicle
in order to isolate the seat and create tension to stabilize it.
The seat is equipped with a foot rest that is extended from
the seat itself and not mounted on the floor. In a blast event,
acceleration forces will not be transmitted to the soldier because
the seat and the soldier in it are isolated from the floor because
the soldier's feet do not rest on the floor. The seat restraint
system is of four-point design.
The Plasan Suspended Seat will manage accelerative load forces
so that these forces will be below injury inducing loads as specified
in the Load Injury Assessment Criteria established by Walter Reed
Army Institute of Research and the US Army Aerospace Research
Laboratory. The Plasan Suspended Seat demonstrates significant
advantages over any known seat fixed to the floor with a collapsible
base. Additionally, compared to other suspended seat solutions,
the Plasan continuous rope system allows multiple attachment points
to the vehicle roof, sides or floor, and enables ease of adjustment
and tension.