Seat for a vehicle, especially an aircraft seat

A vehicle seat, especially for an aircraft, comprising two uprights and rigid crossbar means interconnecting said two uprights to form a frame structure, double backrest means connected to said frame structure, first backrest cushion means on one side of said double backrest means, second backrest cushion means on the other side of said double backrest means, first seat means and first hinge means securing said first seat means to said vehicle seat for cooperation with said first backrest cushion means, second seat means and second hinge means securing said second seat means to said vehicle seat for cooperation with said second backrest cushion means, safety belt means secured to both sides of said vehicle seat to permit the use of the seat by two persons simultaneously facing in opposite directions, said vehicle seat further comprising first and second bracket means for mounting each of said first and second seat means to said frame structure, slide means slidably mounting said first and second seat means to said bracket means, said first and second hinge means connecting said first and second bracket means to a respective point of said frame structure, and further hinge means connecting said backrest means to said seat means and to said frame structure.