Patent ID: 7063387
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: B60N,B64D

Abstract:
1. A seat for a transport vehicle or craft, the seat including a support structure and at least one armrest comprising a rest element mounted on one end of a strut whose other end is hinged to the support structure about a first pivot to tilt the armrest between an in-use position in which the rest element is substantially horizontal and a forwardly-tilted retracted position in which the rest element is substantially vertical and in front of the seat, wherein said strut is L-shaped with first and second arms forming a unitary one-piece member, said first arm being hinged at its free end remote from said second arm about said first pivot and extending substantially rearwards from said first pivot when said strut is in the in-use position, and substantially forwards from said first pivot when said strut is in the retracted position and said second arm extending substantially upwards when the strut is in the in-use position, and substantially downwards when the strut is in the retracted position, and that said rest element is hinged to the free end of said second arm of the strut about a second pivot.