Folding bench seat
AssigneeAguti Produktenwicklung & Design GmbH
InventorAndreas Grieger
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Abstract
A folding bench seat is provided, particularly for vehicles. It consists of a bench seat frame with a restraint system and comprises a base frame secured to the floor and a top structure. The top structure has an upright column unit, a back unit and a seat unit, and the column unit is supported via a horizontal pivot on the base frame and can be folded down from the upright position to a flat position.
Claims21
A folding bench seat for vehicles comprising a seat frame having a base frame configured to be attached to a floor area of a vehicle, and a top structure secured to the base frame, the top structure comprising:
- an upright column unit mounted by a lower, horizontally aligned pivot joint to the base frame, and being foldable between an upright position and a reclining, generally horizontal position;
- a back unit mounted by an upper, horizontally aligned pivot joint to the column unit so that the back unit extends from the upper, horizontally aligned pivot joint to form a triangular structure with the column unit and the base frame when the column unit is in the upright position;
- a seat unit connected to the back unit, with the back unit being releasably connected to the base frame;
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- a three-point restraint system attached to the column unit at an upper turning point.
A method of providing a folding bench seat in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- attaching a base frame of the bench seat to a floor area of a vehicle;
- mounting a column unit to the base frame through a lower, horizontally aligned pivot joint that extends along a lower edge of the column unit;
- connecting a back unit and the column unit through an upper, horizontally aligned pivot joint that extends along an upper edge of the column unit so that the back unit extends from the upper, horizontally aligned pivot joint forming a triangular structure with the column unit and the base frame when the column unit is in an upright position;
- pivotally connecting a seat unit to the back unit;
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- releasable connecting the back unit to the base frame in the upright position to provide a strut support for the back unit, so that the column unit and the back unit are foldable between the upright position and a reclining, generally horizontal position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.