Patent ID: 7367625

Claim:
A retractable seat comprising a seat cushion and a seat back rotatably supported on the seat cushion in which one of the seat cushion and the seat back is arranged and constructed to be folded onto the other of the seat cushion and the seat back, at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back comprising: a frame, a cushion pad, and a linking mechanism, wherein the frame comprises a framework and a support member that supports the cushion pad from a backside of the cushion pad, and wherein the linking mechanism movably interconnects the framework and the support member and is arranged and constructed to connect the support member of one of the seat cushion and the seat back to the framework of the other of the seat cushion and the seat back at a connecting point that is displaced from a rotational axis of the framework of the seat cushion or the seat back, and wherein the linking mechanism is arranged and constructed such that when the seat cushion or the seat back is tilted toward a retracted position, the connecting point moves nearer to the rotational axis, thereby moving the support member relative to the framework along a thickness direction of the seat cushion or the seat back.