Patent ID: 6371559
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A rear seat arrangement for a vehicle comprising:a backrest which can be folded about a pivot spindle secured on the vehicle from an upright seating position into an approximately horizontal storage position in which a rear side of the backrest forms a loading surface, a seat part attached to the vehicle which seat part includes a graduation formed on an underside that extends towards a front edge of the seat part and, in order to enlarge a luggage compartment, said seat part can be pivoted by a multi-joint hinge which is disposed near the front edge of the seat part and is secured on the seat part and on the vehicle, said seat part being moveable from an approximately horizontal seating position into a storage position in which said seat part is approximately upright, and a head restraint carried by said backrest in a pivotal manner which allows said head restraint to pivot away to a rear side of said backrest, said underside of said seat part having a graduated region disposed towards a front end of said seat part, said multi-joint hinge being designed so as to allow said front edge of said seat part, when pivoted into the upright storage position, to be raised vertically thereby said head restraint enters into said graduated underside and is substantially flush with the underside.