Patent ID: 7328930

Claim:
Automobile vehicle seat comprising: a backrest ( 2 ) installed so as to pivot on a seat pan (l) and arranged to be placed in a table position where the rear wall of the backrest is maintained horizontal more or less parallel to a seat support frame ( 3 ) arranged to be attached to the floor ( 5 ) of the vehicle, the seat pan ( 1 ) being installed in a tiltable manner on said frame so that the seat pan can be positioned with a first tilt angle where the rear of the seat pan is raised to place the backrest, tilted on the seat pan, in the table position, the seat pan ( 1 ) being connected to the frame ( 3 ) by a set of links ( 6 , 7 ) forming two opposite sides of a deformable quadrilateral (ABCD) the two other sides of which are formed respectively by the frame and the seat pan, said links having pivot points that are fixed relative to the frame and seat pan, wherein pivoting of the links leads to the deformation of said quadrilateral so as to place the seat pan in said first tilt angle position; and locking means ( 10 ) for locking the pivoting of the links in relation to the seat pan or the frame, wherein the set of links includes front links ( 6 ) hinged on the frame ( 3 ) at a first point and on the seat pan ( 1 ) at a second point, and rear links ( 7 ) hinged on the frame at a third point and on the seat pan at a fourth point, the distance between the second and fourth points being less than the distance between the first and third points.