Device for folding emergency exit seat for bus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorJae Man Park
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Abstract
A device for folding an emergency exit seat for a bus includes: a main frame for supporting a seat; a first folding frame and a second folding frame; a first seat leg and a second seat leg; a hinge body configured in a way that the first folding frame is hinged at the first seat leg and the second folding frame is hinged at the second seat leg; a first latch assembly arranged between a rear end portion of the first folding frame and a rear end portion of the first seat leg; a second latch assembly arranged between a rear end portion of the second folding frame and a rear end portion of the second seat leg; a wire connected to the first latch assembly and the second latch assembly; and a strap connected to the first latch assembly.
Claims15
A device for folding an emergency exit seat for a bus, the device comprising:
- a main frame for supporting a seat;
- a first folding frame and a second folding frame configured to be mounted to a bottom of one side of the main frame and a bottom of an opposite side of the main frame, respectively;
- a first seat leg and a second seat leg configured to be mounted on a floor panel while being spaced apart from each other in a leftward-and-rightward direction;
- a hinge body configured in a way that a front end portion of the first folding frame is hinged at a front end portion of the first seat leg and a front end portion of the second folding frame is hinged at a front end portion of the second seat leg;
- a first latch assembly arranged between a rear end portion of the first folding frame and a rear end portion of the first seat leg;
- a second latch assembly arranged between a rear end portion of the second folding frame and a rear end portion of the second seat leg;
- a wire having one end portion connected to the first latch assembly to cause unlocking of the first latch assembly and an opposite end portion connected to the second latch assembly to cause unlocking of the second latch assembly;
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- a strap connected to the first latch assembly, the strap being configured to be pullable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.