Chairs and seats – Bottom and back connected to and foldable in wall or partition
Patent
1999-02-01
2000-06-06
Cuomo, Peter M.
Chairs and seats
Bottom and back connected to and foldable in wall or partition
29737812, 296 6509, B60N 232
Patent
active
060709340
ABSTRACT:
A seat mounting apparatus for supporting a seat on a floor of a motor vehicle and for allowing the seat to be positioned from an upright seating position to a folded position. The seat mounting apparatus includes a seat back frame (24) having an upper end (27) and a lower end (28) pivotally attached to the floor; a seat bottom frame (34) having a forward end (35) and a rearward end (36) disposed adjacent to the seat back frame when the seat is in the upright seating position; a leg (44) having a first end (46) pivotally connected to the seat bottom frame and a second end (48) pivotally connected to the floor; a slotted link (50) having a third end (52) pivotally connected to the floor and a slot (54) extending from a position substantially adjacent to the third end to a fourth end (56) opposite the third end, the slot being slidably engaged with a slider pin (57) disposed on the seat back frame; and a rear link (58) having a fifth end (62) rigidly attached to the seat bottom frame and a sixth end (68) pivotally attached to an intermediate pivot point (64) on the slotted link, the intermediate pivot point being disposed intermediate of the third and fourth ends of the slotted link. Upon movement of the seat back frame from the upright position to the folded position, the slotted link together with the rear link position the seat bottom frame forward and downward such that the seat back frame lies substantially flat and parallel to the floor.
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Hammoud Majid
Liu Frank Qiukui
Schaefer Donald Richard
Brown Gregory P.
Cuomo Peter M.
Ford Motor Company
May Roger L.
Vu Stephen
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