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US 6,811,219 B2Granted
Passenger seat
AssigneeBritax-Excelsior Limited
InventorsMichael Hudswell, Robert George Lovell
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AssigneeBritax-Excelsior Limited
InventorsMichael Hudswell, Robert George Lovell
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A vehicle seat comprises a base frame including front and rear transverse support members, a backrest, and a seat pan. The seat pan has a rear part mounted on the transverse support members adjacent to the backrest for angular movement about a transverse horizontal axis and a front part which is mounted for angular movement relative to the rear part between a position in which its top surface is co-planar with the top surface of the rear part and a position in which the front edge of the front part is lower than its rear edge when the rear part is substantially horizontal. The distance between the front transverse support member and the rear edge of the rear part of the seat pan is less than two thirds (preferably less that half) of the distance between the front edge of the front part of the seat pan and the rear edge of the rear part of the seat pan, in order to leave room for a seat occupant to stand upright when the seat pan is raised.
A vehicle seat comprising a base frame including front and rear transverse support members, a backrest, and a seat pan having a rear part mounted on said transverse support members adjacent to the backrest for angular movement about a transverse horizontal axis and a front part which is mounted for angular movement relative to the rear part between a position in which a top surface of the front part is co-planar with the top surface of the rear part and a position in which the front edge of the front part is lower than a rear edge of the front part when the rear part is substantially horizontal, a distance between the front transverse support member and the rear edge of the rear part of the seat pan is less than two thirds of a distance between the front edge of the front part of the seat pan and the rear edge of the rear part of the seat pan and the rear part of the seat pan is pivotable to a position abutting the backrest in which the front edge of the front part of the seat pan forms a seating surface.
A vehicle seat comprising a base frame including front and rear transverse support members, a backrest, and a seat pan having a rear part mounted on said transverse support members adjacent to the backrest for angular movement about a transverse horizontal axis and a front part which is mounted for angular movement relative to the rear part between a position in which a top surface of the front part is co-planar with the top surface of the rear part and a position in which the front edge of the front part is lower than a rear edge of the front part when the rear part is substantially horizontal, a distance between the front transverse support member and the rear edge of the rear part of the seat pan is less than two thirds of a distance between the front edge of the front part of the seat pan and the rear part of the seat pan, further comprising drive means for moving the front edge of the rear part of the seat pan between a normal position and a raised position and a latch for securing the rear part of the seat in its normal position.
A vehicle seat comprising a base frame including front and rear transverse support members, a backrest, and a seat pan having a rear part mounted on said transverse support members adjacent to the backrest for angular movement about a transverse horizontal axis and a front part which is mounted for angular movement relative to the rear part between a position in which a top surface of the front part is co-planar with the top surface of the rear part and a position in which the front edge of the front part is lower than a rear edge of the front part when the rear part is substantially horizontal, wherein the rear part of the seat pan is pivotable to a position abutting the backrest in which the front edge of the front part of the seat pan forms a seating surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.