Patent ID: 8414073

Claim:
A seating arrangement comprising: a seat and a substructure, wherein the seat comprises a pair of carrying arms arranged in a mirror-symmetrical manner in relation to a vertical plane which divides the seating arrangement in a mirror-symmetrical manner, each of the carrying arms comprises at least one upper, first carrier and at least one lower, second carrier, in a first position of the seating arrangement, the upper, first carrier of each carrying arm has an approximately horizontal, first leg and an upwardly directed, second leg, in the region of a front end of the first leg of each of the upper, first carriers, the upper, first carrier is supported by the substructure at a first location on the upper, first carrier, in the first position of the seating arrangement, the lower, second carrier of each carrying arm has an approximately horizontal, first leg and an upwardly directed, second leg, in the region of a front end of the first leg of each of the lower, second carriers, the lower, second carrier is supported by the substructure at a second location on the lower, second carrier spaced from the first location, the second leg of the upper, first carrier and the second leg of the lower, second carrier of each respective carrying arm are connected to one another at a third location, between the third location and the first and second locations, the upper, first carrier and the lower, second carrier are kept at a defined spacing from one another in at least one section by at least one mechanical linking member, wherein the at least one linking member connecting the upper, first and the lower, second carriers is located in a first transition region, in which the horizontal, first legs merge into the upwardly directed, second legs.