Rearward facing collapsible vehicle back seat

US4519646A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Audi NSU Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Wulf Leitermann
• Rolf Heneka · Bad Friedrichshall, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 24, 1982
• Grant date: May 28, 1985
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/3079
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rear facing vehicle back seat includes back section (2) supported by a U frame (4), having two limbs (4a) which extend along opposite sides of the seat section (1) and the back section (2), the bottom ends of these limbs being mounted in pivot bearings (5) on the side walls of a floor cavity (6) which accommodates the seat when out-of-use. The seat section (1) is also pivoted on the same bearings (5). In the operative position, into which the entire vehicle back seat can be shifted in one movement, the space underneath the seat can be used as a storage space, or the greater part of the whole length of the cavity can be fully utilized as a loading space for bulky articles after the seat section has been folded up.