Patent ID: 6164724
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A47C,B60N

Abstract:
A folding seat disposable in a seating configuration and a storage configuration, said seat comprising:a seat bottom providing a substantially horizontal support surface when said seat is disposed in said seating configuration, said seat bottom having a first hinge portion integral therewith adapted to cooperate with a corresponding second hinge portion, said seat bottom also having a first overlap surface integral therewith;a seat back providing a substantially vertical support surface when said seat is disposed in said seating configuration, said seat back having said second hinge portion integral therewith adapted to cooperate with said first hinge portion; said seat back also having a second overlap surface integral therewith;a ridge portion extending radially beyond at least one of said first or second hinge portions, wherein said ridge portion is adapted to limit the relative positions of said seat bottom and said seat back; andwherein said first overlap surface and said second overlap surface are adapted to avoid pinching of an object between said seat bottom and said seat back when operated between said seating configuration and said storage configuration.