SWIVEL SEATS

As we have chosen to include a 360° swivel chair as part of our design. We have carried out some research, looking at how they work. The mechanism for these seats already exist, mainly DIYs, however there are many small retailers that sell these modification swivel plates for a range of vehicles. 

the mechanism consists of two plates of metal on-top of each other – the bottom plate stays fixed to the base of the seat (i.e. the box mounted on the floor of the van), while the top plate is fixed to the bottom of the actual chair (or more accurately to the sliding runners on the bottom of the chair). You pull a handle to unlock the plates and the top one swivels around – simple really. Usually all you need to do is unbolt the seat from its base, bolt the swivel onto the base instead, then bolt the seat onto the swivel. [1]

[1] http://www.campervanconversion.co.uk/fitting-swivel-seats.html

The other adaptation to the car seat (under seat storage) will require raising the seats, this shouldn't be a problem as WAVs or vehicles that have the option to be adapted for wheelchair access have a greater interior floor to ceiling height (as found through first hand research carried out). Therefore this is a factor that could easily be worked around.