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US 3,964,785 AGranted
Reversible seat and bed apparatus
AssigneeTravel Products, Inc.
InventorRobert W. Plume
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AssigneeTravel Products, Inc.
InventorRobert W. Plume
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Seating apparatus is disclosed which is adapted to provide a forward or rearward facing seat or a bed in a camper type vehicle. The inventive seating apparatus may be used as a forward passenger seat in a van type camper vehicle which has a rear seat with a bed conversion capability similar to that of the seating apparatus of this invention. When the two seats are converted to the bed orientation the combination provides a full sized bed. When desired the rear seat is erected to its forward facing orientation and the seating apparatus of this invention may also be used in the forward facing seat orientation. Alternatively, the forward seat may be reversed so that the seats are in face to face to relation and a table may be placed therebetween for a dining arrangement. The seating apparatus of this invention provides reversibility of the seat from forward facing to rearward facing and mechanism is disclosed which provides the desired seat bottom rake in both orientations and also provides shifting of the cushions so they occupy the same relative position to each other and the base in either orientation. Additionally, the mechanism is effective when the seat is converted to the bed orientation to eliminate the rake of the seat bottom and to draw the cushions together and thus provide a flat continuous mattress surface.
A reversible seat adapted to face one direction in a normal seat orientation and adapted to face the other direction in a reverse seat orientation, said seat comprising a base, first and second seat members, one of said members being a seat bottom while the other is a seat back in the normal orientation and vice versa in the reverse orientation, the first and second members including first and second support frames, respectively, connecting means including a linkage extending between said frames to provide a connection therebetween at a desired angularity so as to form a rigid structure with the back edge of the seat bottom frame being adjacent the bottom edge of the back frame, said connecting means being mounted on said base by a pivotal connection adjacent said back edge and said bottom edge, first and second cushion holders shiftably mounted on said first and second support frames, respectively, for motion toward and away from said pivotal connection, first and second means connected with the first and second cushion holders, respectively, for shifting them toward and away from, respectively, said pivotal connection when said members are moved from said normal orientation to said reverse orientation and vice versa.
A reversible seat adapted to face one direction in a normal orientation and to face the other direction in a reverse orientation and being convertible to a bed orientation, said seat comprising a base, first and second seat members including first and second support frames respectively, each member being adaptable for use as a seat bottom or seat back, connecting means joining said frames together to form a seat bottom and back assembly, one of said members being the seat bottom and the other being the seat back, said assembly being mounted on said base by a pivotal connection to said connecting means, said assembly being manually tiltable about said pivotal connection between the normal orientation in which the first member is a seat bottom and the second member is a seat back, and the reverse orientation in which the second member is a seat bottom and the first member is a seat back, tilt latch means operatively connected between the assembly and the base for selectively holding the assembly in the normal or the reverse orientation, said connecting means including pivot means and fold latch means, said fold latch means being releasable to permit folding of one seat member from the seat back position to a prone position to provide a bed orientation of the members, first and second cushion holders shiftably mounted on said first and second support frames, respectively, for motion toward and away from said pivotal connection, first and second shifting means connected with said first and second cushion holders, respectively, for shifting them toward and away from, respectively, said pivotal connection when said members are moved from said normal orientation to said reverse orientation and vice versa, and for shifting them toward the pivotal connection when the members are moved to the bed orientation.
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