Patent ID: 6846044

Claim:
A stowable seat rotatably movable through a range of positions between a stowed position and a deployed position, whereby an article such as a wheel chair can be stored adjacent to said stowable seat when in the stowed position, and when in said deployed position one or more seatbase members of said stowable seat provide an area for seating; comprising: an axis and a frame pivotally mounted whereby said frame is rotatably moveable on said axis between said stowed and said deployed positions; at least two seatbase members being associated together and mounted on said frame for the purpose of simultaneously rotating said seatbase members on said axis from said stowed position to said deployed position; at least two seatbacks associated together for purposes of rotatably associating with said seatbase members, enabling said seatbacks to be moved from a substantially parallel folded position to a substantially perpendicular unfolded position by way of rotation for the purpose of being in said deployed position, further, said seatbacks can be rotated toward said seatbase members from a substantially perpendicular unfolded position to a substantially parallel folded position, wherein said seatbacks and said seatbase members can be rotated concurrently to said stowed position thereafter; said seatbacks are rotatably associated with said seatbase members of said stowable seat, by a center strut, a bearing and a pair of sleeves disposed on each side of said center strut, and having said bearing passing through a portion of said center strut and said seat backs to dampen the vibration of said stowable seat.