Patent ID: 7137666

Claim:
A seat for use in a vehicle and configured to be movable between a generally upright in-use position and a retracted cargo position, the seat comprising: a seat base; a first articulated arm coupled to the seat base and defining a first axis; a seat part coupled to the first articulated arm and configured to rotate about the first axis when moving between the in-use position and the cargo position, the seat part includes a rigid, upwardly extending link plate having a protruding end, the protruding end is coupled to the first articulated arm; and a backrest coupled to the first articulated arm and configured to rotate about the first axis when moving between the in-use position and the cargo position, wherein the seat part and the backrest define a seat surface in the in-use position, wherein the backrest is lowerable together with the seat part toward the seat base into the cargo position, and wherein the backrest is supported on at least one of the link plate and the first articulated arm in the in-use position via supporting cams integrally formed on at least one of the link plate and the first articulated arm.