Patent ID: 8789881

Claim:
An arm rest for arrangement at a seat or a seat bench in a vehicle, comprising at least one bracket, which can be fastened to the seat or the seat bench, and comprising an armrest support element, fixed to a bearing shaft at least at one fastening point, and wherein the bearing shaft is swivelably and traslatably mounted at the bracket in at least one swivel bearing, and wherein the support element swivels between a swiveled-up rest position and a swiveled-down support position, wherein the bearing shaft is supported at the bracket so as to be displaceable along a trajectory defined by a first groove and a second groove in the bracket, the bearing shaft moving between an upper functional position and a lower functional position, and wherein a transmission mechanism includes a first transmission element comprising a gear wheel or a friction wheel fixed to the bearing shaft and a second transmission element comprising a gear rod fixed to the bracket on an opposite side of the first groove relative to the second groove, wherein a swiveling movement of the support element is transmitted via the transmission mechanism to a displacing movement of the bearing shaft along the trajectory between the upper functional position and the lower functional position as the support element swivels between the swiveled-up rest position and the swiveled-down support position.