Passenger seat for a public transport vehicle, the seat including a video display which can be retracted into an armrest

In a passenger seat for a public transport vehicle, the seat including at least one armrest (1) having a front portion (5) with a top wall (4) and at least one individual video display (2) associated with the armrest (1), the video display (2) being mounted via a hinged arm (6, 7) that is hinged to a base plate (8) guided inside a front portion (5) of the armrest (1) by two vertical guide columns (9, 10) extending in front of and behind the base plate (8);

• the improvement wherein the hinged arm (6, 7) includes a crank (6) having an end (14) and hinged to the base plate (8) about a vertical axis (13), and a connecting rod means (7) having two ends, one of which is hinged to the end (14) of the crank (6) about a horizontal axis, the other end of which is hinged to the video display (2) via its bottom portion (17), the video display (2) being retractably mounted via a slot (3) provided in a top wall (4) of the front portion (5) of the armrest (1).