Patent ID: 7086700

Claim:
An automobile seat with supporting frame, said seat comprising: a seat body adapted to be secured to the floor of a vehicle; a seat back pivotably connected to said seat body about a tilt axis substantially horizontal to said floor, wherein said seat back is adapted to tilt between a use position wherein said seat back is substantially vertical relative to said seat body and a tilted position wherein said seat back is substantially horizontal relative to said seat body, said seat back including: a central portion; and at least one side wing disposed along an edge region of said central region along a longitudinal axis of said seat back, said side wing adapted to extend substantially outwardly and generally perpendicular to a longitudinal plane of said central region at all times; and means for adjusting a distance that said side wing extends outwardly relative to said central region such that when said seat is disposed in said use position, said side wing extends outwardly from said central region at a distance A from said central region and when said seat is disposed in said tilted position, said wing extends outwardly from said central region at a distance less than A from said central region.