Patent ID: 6986542
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A retractable seat to be attached to a floor, comprising: a seat cushion; a seat back rotatably supported on the seat cushion; a link mechanism for supporting the seat cushion on the floor, the link mechanism including a front leg and a rear leg that are each pivotally connected to the seat cushion and the floor, the front and rear legs being arranged and constructed to rotate in the same direction relative to the floor, thereby moving the seat cushion so that the seat can be switched between a use condition and a retracted condition, the front and rear legs respectively having a different link length so as to produce a difference between a rotating range of the front leg and a rotating range of the rear leg; and a compensation mechanism for compensating for the difference between the rotating ranges of the front and rear legs within an operating range of the link mechanism.