Motor vehicle seat with backrest foldable into sleeping position

US6135558A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Bertrand Faure Sitztechnik GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Meinhard Behrens · Wiedensahl, DE
• Jan Klindworth · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 5, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle seat includes a backrest, a seat cushion and a coupling mechanism movably coupling the seat cushion to the backrest. The backrest is foldable between an erected seating position and a folded sleeping position. The seat cushion is movable between a retracted seating position and an extended sleeping position. The coupling mechanism couples mechanically the seat cushion to the backrest such that the folding of the backrest from the erected seating position to the folded sleeping position causes displacement of the seat cushion from the retracted seating position to the extended sleeping position. In the extended position, the seat cushion is substantially horizontally aligned with the backrest in the folded sleeping position.