Patent ID: 7611198

Claim:
A seat system comprising: an electronic device having a control unit for input of information by a seat occupant and a display unit; and a seat, wherein the seat includes: a seat component; a backrest adjoining the seat component, wherein the backrest has at least an upright position; a recess located on a rear side of the backrest, wherein the backrest has wall parts defining a storage space within the recess; and a retaining device for retaining the electronic device in a retained position in the storage space in the upright position of the backrest, wherein the retaining device includes a guide, which is adapted to guide the electronic device into the retained position; wherein the storage space defined by said wall parts has a first region and a second region, which are spaced apart from each other with respect to a vertical direction defined relative to a floor, on which the seat is adapted to be mounted; the retaining device has retaining parts arranged in the first region and provided for retaining the control unit; the second region of the storage space is provided for receiving the display unit; the retaining device removably retains the electronic device in the recess such that the electronic device may be removed from the recess at the option of the seat occupant; and the storage space is open rearwardly when the electronic device is in the retained position in the upright position of the backrest, such that the seat occupant has visual access to the display unit, wherein the electronic device includes a pivotal unit by which the display unit pivots relative to the control unit between a closed position, in which the display unit overlies the control unit, and an open position, and the control unit is retained in the first region of the storage space while the display unit is pivoted to the second region and maintained in the open position for use by the seat occupant.