Patent ID: 6974184

Claim:
A cantilevered stowable seat including at least one seat base member and at least one seatback member pivotably mounted on an axis associated with a seat framework, movable through a range of positions between a stowed position and a deployed position, said deployed position enabling an occupant to sit while said stowed position accommodates a wheel chair or provides space, having said seat framework with an improved locking mechanism assembly comprising: a wall assembly removably attached to said seat framework and having a mechanism utilizing a combination of a wall cam, a wall keep, a transfer rod, and a handle to lock and/or unlock said cantilevered stowable seat in said stowed position, an aisle assembly removably attached to said seat framework and having a mechanism utilizing a combination of an aisle keep, an aisle sear, said transfer rod and said handle to lock and/or unlock the seat in the deployed position, said wall assembly and said aisle assembly being related to each other for cooperation by said transfer rod having one of its ends proximate to said aisle assembly and the other end proximate to said wall assembly, said handle associated with said transfer rod cooperating with said wall assembly and said aisle assembly thereby enabling one hand control for moving said cantilevered stowable seat from a folded intermediate position to said stowed position.