Foldable seat for a vehicle

Vehicle seat comprising:

• first and second elements for providing support for a person sitting in the vehicle seat;
• a link mechanism arranged so as to interconnect the first and second elements in an articulated manner, so that the second element can be folded towards and away from the first element, the first and second elements being essentially the same width when in a state in which they are folded away from one another;
• a member connected to the first element and to a transmission, the transmission being arranged and adapted to transmit movement from the second element to the member when the second element is folded towards or away from the first element, wherein
• the member being arranged and adapted to vary the width of the first element and to reduce the width of the first element when the second element is folded towards the first element, the first and second elements, when in a folded-together state, extending in an essentially common plane,
• the second element accommodating the first element;
• and
• a tensionable support surface arranged on the first element and connected to first and second side-pieces of the first element, arranged on opposite sides of the first element, wherein
• the support surface is arranged so as to be tensioned when the first and second elements are in a state in which they are folded away from one another and to be untensioned when the first and second elements are in the folded-together state.

Vehicle seat comprising:

• first and second elements for providing support for a person sitting in the vehicle seat;
• a link mechanism arranged so as to interconnect the first and second elements in an articulated manner, so that the second element can be folded towards and away from the first element, the first and second elements being essentially the same width when in a state in which they are folded away from one another;
• a member connected to the first element and to a transmission, the transmission being arranged and adapted to transmit movement from the second element to the member when the second element is folded towards or away from the first element, wherein
• the member being arranged and adapted to vary the width of the first element and to reduce the width of the first element when the second element is folded towards the first element, the first and second elements, when in a folded-together state, extending in an essentially common plane,
• the second element accommodating the first element, the first element being a seat part, and the second element being a backrest.

Vehicle seat comprising:

• first and second elements for providing support for a person sitting in the vehicle seat;
• a link mechanism arranged so as to interconnect the first and second elements in an articulated manner, so that the second element can be folded towards and away from the first element, the first and second elements being essentially the same width when in a state in which they are folded away from one another;
• a member connected to the first element and to a transmission, the transmission being arranged and adapted to transmit movement from the second element to the member when the second element is folded towards or away from the first element, wherein
• the member being arranged and adapted to vary the width of the first element and to reduce the width of the first element when the second element is folded towards the first element, the first and second elements, when in a folded-together state, extending in an essentially common plane,
• the second element accommodating the first element, the first element being a backrest, and the second element being a seat part.

Vehicle seat comprising:

• first and second elements for providing support for a person sitting in the vehicle seat;
• a link mechanism arranged so as to interconnect the first and second elements in an articulated manner, so that the second element can be folded towards and away from the first element, the first and second elements being essentially the same width when in a state in which they are folded away from one another;
• a member being connected to the first element and to a transmission, the transmission being adapted to transmit movement from the second element to the member when the second element is folded towards or away from the first element, wherein
• the member is arranged so as to vary the width of the first element,
• the member is adapted to reduce the width of the first element when the second element is folded towards the first element, the first and second elements, when in a folded-together state, extending in an essentially common plane,
• the second element accommodates the first element;
• and
• a tensionable support surface arranged on the second element and connected to first and second side-pieces of the second element, arranged on opposite sides of the second element, wherein
• the support surface is arranged so as to be tensioned when the first and second elements are in a state in which they are folded away from one another and to be untensioned when the first and second elements are in the folded-together state.