Double action nose mount quattro stanchion

A double action seating unit to be mounted to a nose of a platform, wherein the double action seating unit is configured to move between a use configuration and a storage configuration, the double action seating unit comprising:

• a seat bottom assembly;
• a seat back assembly;
• and
• at least two stanchions, each of said at least two stanchions including a front bracket, a rear bracket, a stanchion tube and two pivot straps,
• wherein each front bracket is pivotably attached to a respective rear bracket at a front bracket pivot point and is configured to attach to the seat bottom assembly,
• wherein the rear bracket of each of said at least two stanchions is configured to attach the respective stanchion to the nose of the platform,
• wherein each stanchion tube is pivotably attached to a respective rear bracket at a stanchion tube pivot point and is configured to attach to the seat back assembly,
• wherein each of the two pivot straps is configured to connect an associated stanchion tube coupled to an associated rear bracket with an associated front bracket coupled to the associated rear bracket, and
• wherein the two pivot straps of each of said at least two stanchions are further configured to simultaneously move the seat bottom assembly and the seat back assembly when the double action seating unit moves between the use configuration and the storage configuration,
• wherein the stanchion tube is configured to rotate about the stanchion tube pivot point in a first direction such that the seat back assembly is pivoted backwards and downwards towards a storage configuration while simultaneously the two pivot straps push the front bracket causing the front bracket to rotate about the front bracket pivot point in a second direction, opposite from said first direction, whereby rotating the stanchion tube in said first direction about the stanchion tube pivot point is configured to pivot the seat bottom assembly forwards and downwards towards a storage configuration, and
• wherein the stanchion tube is configured to rotate about the stanchion tube pivot point in a second direction such that the seat back assembly is pivoted forwards and upwards towards a use configuration while simultaneously the two pivot straps pull the front bracket causing the front bracket to rotate about the front bracket pivot point in the first direction, opposite from said second direction, whereby rotating the stanchion tube in said second direction about the stanchion tube pivot point is configured to pivot the seat bottom assembly backwards and upwards towards said use configuration.