Patent ID: 8186758

Claim:
A seat for an automobile, comprising: a backrest including a first transverse axis, a second transverse axis and a fifth transverse axis; a seat portion; a supporting device including a third transverse axis, fourth transverse axis and seventh transverse axis; a backrest pivoting mechanism; and a two-link seat portion pivoting mechanism comprising a sixth transverse axis, wherein the backrest is attached directly to the seat portion at a point along a single axis and pivotable thereabout, and the backrest is fastened to the backrest pivoting mechanism and adapted to pivot about the second transverse axis so that the backrest may be pivoted from a usage position in which the seat portion adopts a first position, forward about the second transverse axis into a non-usage position, in which the seat portion occupies a second position, in which the seat portion is displaced rearward with respect to the first position, wherein the backrest pivoting mechanism is a four-link backrest pivoting mechanism that is configured in such a manner that the second transverse axis may be displaced rearward by pivoting the backrest into the non-usage position.