Seat
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoji Kamida, Masayuki Kaneko
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Abstract
A seat includes a seat supporting carrier. A seat cushion is pivotally mounted on the carrier. The carrier has a swing arm pivotally attached thereto. A seat back is pivotally mounted to the swing arm. The seat cushion is pivotable on a first pivot axis P1 between a laid position and an erected position. The swing aim is pivotable on a second pivot axis P2 between a laid position and and erected position. The seat back is pivotable on a third pivot axis between a laid position and an erected position. When the seat back is in the erected position and the seat cushion is in the laid position, the third pivot axis is positioned higher than the first and second pivot axes. The seat back, by pivoting from the erected position to the laid position, lies on the seat cushion held in the laid position.
Claims7
A seat comprising:
- a seat supporting carrier;
- a seat cushion mounted on said seat supporting carrier in such a manner as to pivot on a first pivot axis between an erected position and a laid position, said seat cushion having a front portion and rear portion, said first pivot axis being disposed on the rear portion of said seat cushion;
- a swing arm mounted on said seat supporting carrier in such a manner as to pivot on a second pivot axis between an erected position and a laid position, said second pivot axis also being disposed on the rear portion of said seat cushion;
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- a seat back mounted on said swing arm in such a manner as to pivot on a third pivot axis between an erected position and a laid position, said seat back having an upper portion and a lower portion, said third pivot axis being disposed on the lower portion of said seat back, said seat supporting carrier and said seat back being connected together by said swing arm at said second pivot axis and at said third pivot axis, the lower portion of said seat back and the rear portion of said seat cushion being configured to avoid interference with one another when said swing arm undergoes pivotal movement between the erected position and the laid position.
A seat comprising:
- a seat supporting carrier,
- a seat cushion mounted on said seat supporting carrier in such a mariner as to pivot on a first pivot axis between an erected position and a laid position, said seat cushion having a front portion and a rear portion, said first pivot axis being disposed on the rear portion of said seat cushion;
- a swing arm mounted on said seat supporting carrier in such a manner as to pivot on a second pivot axis between an erected poison and a laid position, said second pivot axis also being disposed on the rear portion of said seat cushion;
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- a seat back mounted on said swing arm in such a manner as to pivot on a third pivot axis between an erected position and a laid position, said seat back having an upper portion and a lower portion, said third pivot axis being disposed on the lower portion of said seat back, said seat supporting carrier and said seat back being connected together by said swing arm at said second pivot axis and at said third pivot axis, the lower portion of said seat back and the rear portion of said seat cushion being configured to avoid interference with one another when said swing arm undergoes pivotal movement between the erected position and the laid position;
- wherein when the swing arm is in the erected position the seat can selectively take one of a forward facing position in which the seat cushion is in tire laid position and the seat back is in the erected portion, and a folded position in which the seat cushion is in the laid position and the seat back is in the laid potion overlying the seat cushion;
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- wherein when the swing arm is in the laid position, the seat can selectively take one of a full-flat position in which the seat cushion is in the laid position and the seat back is in a fully reclined horizontal position, a rear-facing position in which the seat cushion is in the erected position and the seat back is in the fully reclined horizontal position, and an upright position in which the seat cushion is in the erected position and the seat back is in the erected position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.