Patent ID: 6572192
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
Seating device comprising at least a first padded element mounted to pivot with respect to a second element around a horizontal transverse rotation axis, by at least one pivot, the first element including firstly, a transverse lower edge parallel to the rotation axis and neighboring said rotation axis, and secondly, two lateral lower edges extending from the transverse lower edge significantly perpendicularly to the rotation axis, wherein said seating device includes a substantially rigid flap that is pivotally secured along the transverse lower edge of the first element and which is normally in a substantially vertical rest position where said flap hides the pivot, said flap being laterally extended by two flexible turns that are pivotally secured along at least part of the two lateral lower edges of the first element, said turns and the first element having sufficient flexibility to allow the flap to pivot upward until it reaches an upright position by moving away from said turns under user action, the flexibility of the turns and a connection between said turns and the lateral edges of the first element being designed so that:the flap is normally elastically maintained in its rest position by the turns, and when the flap is made to pivot to its upright position, said flap is elastically pulled upward toward the upright position as soon as said flap has exceeded a neutral intermediate position between the rest position and the upright position.