Folding seat

Details Folding seat Folding seat

1995-06-05

1997-08-19

Cuomo, Peter M.

Chairs and seats

Movable back

Tiltable

2973781, 29718804, 297125, 29745246, 29745214, B60N 224

Patent

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056580479

ABSTRACT:
A foldable seat includes a seat member having a pair of generally upwardly opening elongate slots, and a backrest having a pair of hingeblades received with the slots. The hingeblades are pivotally connected to the seat member for rotation about a pivot axis. The hingeblades include bearing surfaces which engage stop surfaces located inside the slots on the seat member to prevent backward rotation of the backrest beyond the normal upright position. The pivot axis, bearing surfaces and stop surfaces are all located below the upper seating surface of the seat member and forward of the rear edge thereof, so that major pinch points are generally inaccessible, whereby the risk of injury on account of inadvertent placement of a finger between the bearing surfaces of the hingeblades and the stop surfaces of the seat member are substantially eliminated. A lockbar for holding the backrest in a folded position is included, along with various upholstery options and a backrest cover allowing use of the backrest as a work surface when in folded position.

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