Patent ID: 6598926
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A stowable seating apparatus, comprising:a seat cushion member having a rearward portion; a first bracket; a first link having two pivotable connections spaced a predetermined distance apart, the first link being pivotably connected at one pivotable connection to the first bracket and pivotably connected at the other pivotable connection to the seat cushion member at a predetermined location on the seat cushion member; a seatback member having an occupiable surface; a second bracket mounted in a fixed, predetermined location relative to the first bracket; and a second link having two pivotable connections spaced a predetermined distance apart, one pivotable connection of the second link being pivotably connected to the second bracket and the other pivotable connection of the second link being pivotably connected to the seatback member at a predetermined location on the seatback member, the pivotable connection between the first link and the first bracket being a predetermined fixed distance from the pivotable connection between the second link and the second bracket; wherein the stowable seating apparatus is moveable between a first configuration in which the seatback member is generally upright and extends from an upper extent to a lower extent, the occupiable surface of the upright seatback member is generally facing a forward direction, and the seat cushion member is positioned such that the rearward portion of the seat cushion member is closely adjacent to the lower extent of the seatback member, and a second configuration in which the seat cushion member is forward of its position in the first configuration, the seatback member is substantially horizontal, and the upper extent of the seatback member substantially abuts the rearward portion of the seat cushion member.