Patent ID: 6450579
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
Vehicle seat comprising:first and second elements for providing support for a person sitting in the vehicle seat; a link mechanism arranged between the first and second elements to interconnect the first and second elements in an articulated manner, so that the second element can be folded towards and away from the first element, the first and second elements being essentially the same width when in a state in which they are folded away from one another; and a member connected to the first element and to a transmission, the transmission being arranged and adapted to transmit movement from the second element to the member when the second element is folded towards or away from the first element, wherein the member being arranged and adapted to vary the width of the first element and to reduce the width of the first element when the second element is folded towards the first element, the first and second elements, when in a folded-together state, extending in an essentially common plane, the second element accommodating the first element.