Patent ID: 6964452
Filing Date: 2005-11-15
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat for being attached to a vehicle structure and sat in by a user, the vehicle seat comprising: a first four-bar linkage, wherein first and second linkages of the first four-bar linkage are respectively a seat cushion carried by the middle structure; and a backrest that extends upwardly from proximate the seat cushion while the vehicle seat is in a utilization position in which the user can sit in the vehicle seat, wherein the first four-bar linkage is operative so that the vehicle seat can be pivoted substantially as a whole from the utilization position to a boarding position, and while the vehicle seat is pivoted substantially as a whole from the utilization position to the boarding position simultaneously both wherein the backrest is inclined forwardly, so that an upper portion of the backrest is positioned forward of a lower portion of the backrest, during the boarding position, and wherein the seat cushion and the middle structure respectively are first and second links of a second four-bar linkage of the vehicle seat, and the second four-bar linkage is operative so that the seat cushion is lowered relative to the middle structure while the vehicle seat is converted from the utilization position to a flat floor position.