Combination seat and berth

A railway car passenger compartment including an outer side wall;

• longitudinally spaced laterally extending partition walls, and
• a divider wall extending longitudinally in laterally spaced relation with respect to said outer wall, the improvement comprising a convertible seating arrangement including;
• a seat back, adjacent each of said partitions,
• a seat disposed below each seat back;
• means slidingly supporting each said seat back on each said partition wall for movement from an upright position to a lowered horizontal position,
• means hingedly connecting said seat backs to each said seat,
• a seat support pedestal vertically and longitudinally supported within said compartment below each said seat,
• first upper and lower horizontal tracks mounted on said pedestals,
• upper second tracks supported on said outer side wall,
• upper slide brackets on said seats slidingly supported on said first and second upper tracks,
• a support arm for each seat,
• said support arms being connected adjacent forward portions of said seats and extending diagonally downwardly and rearwardly,
• and slide means on said arms slidingly engaging said lower track,
• whereby in the horizontal position of said backs and seats, said seats extend forwardly from said pedestals and are supported thereon in cantilevered relation, and
• said backs and seats providing a horizontal continuous lower berth.