Patent ID: 7172252
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle rear seat with a seat part ( 2 ), which has an upper side ( 4 ), and a backrest ( 6 ), which has a front side ( 10 ) and a rear side ( 12 ) which faces a free space behind the motor vehicle rear seat, the backrest ( 6 ) having at least one backrest section ( 8 ), characterized in that the backrest section ( 8 ) is designed in such a manner that it can be pivoted from a normal position into a first position, in which the rear side ( 12 ) of the backrest section ( 8 ) is oriented upward, and, furthermore, can be pivoted, with the rear side ( 12 ) oriented upward, into a second position in the free space behind the motor vehicle seat, so that the upper side ( 4 ) of the seat part ( 2 ) and the rear side ( 12 ) of the backrest section ( 8 ) form a loading area, and can furthermore be pivoted from the normal position into a third position, in which the upper side ( 4 ) of the seat part ( 2 ) and the front side ( 10 ) of the backrest section ( 8 ) form a reclining surface and wherein said rear seat further includes a loading panel ( 18 ) pivotally connected to the rear side ( 12 ) of the backrest section for pivotal movement from a folded position against the rear side ( 12 ) of the backrest section to a covering position against the upper side ( 4 ) of the seat part ( 2 ) when the backrest section ( 8 ) is in the second position forming a loading area; the backrest section ( 8 ) having a rear wall ( 8 ″) and an arm rest ( 36 ), it being possible, in the normal position of the backrest section ( 8 ), for the arm rest ( 36 ) to be pivoted onto the upper side ( 4 ) of the seat part ( 2 ) and for the rear wall ( 8 ″) to be pivoted into the free space; said rear seat further including a pivoting device ( 22 ) which, on the one hand, is fastened to the vehicle floor forming a first pivot axis ( 26 ) about which the backrest section ( 8 ) can be pivoted into the second and third position, and on the other hand, is connected to the backrest section ( 8 ) forming a second pivot axis ( 28 ) about which the backrest section ( 8 ) can be pivoted into the first position, the pivoting device ( 22 ) and the backrest section ( 8 ) interact in such a manner that the backrest section ( 8 ), when being pivoted from the first into the second position, can be pivoted merely in one direction of rotation about the second pivot axis ( 28 ) from its orientation with the rear side ( 12 ) oriented upward; locking means ( 30 ; 48 ) to prevent the pivoting about the first and second pivot axis ( 26 ; 28 ); and the pivoting device ( 22 ) has a first limb ( 38 ), which is fastened to the vehicle floor, a second parallel limb ( 40 ), which is connected in an articulated manner to the backrest section ( 8 ), and a third and fourth limb ( 42 ; 44 ) which are arranged parallel to each other and are connected in each case firstly to the first limb ( 38 ) and secondly to the second limb ( 40 ).