Concealed armrest

An armrest hidden within a seat back comprising:

• an armrest;
• a storage cavity provided in the lateral face of the seat back for storing the armrest in a vertical stored and hidden position within the seat back;
• an axle member pivotally connected with the armrest;
• a housing member extending horizontally within the seat back and slidably receiving the axle member;
• a spring acting on the axle member to urge the axle member to an extended position in which the armrest is ejected from the seat back cavity to enable pivoting movement of the armrest from the vertical stored position to a horizontal armrest forming position;
• and a latch acting to latch the axle member in a retracted position to retain the armrest in the vertical stored position.

An armrest assembly for a seat back comprising:

• an armrest;
• means providing a storage cavity in the lateral edge face of the seat back;
• translation means mounting the armrest for lateral movement between a retracted position in which the armrest is stored within the cavity and an ejected position in which the armrest is removed from the storage cavity;
• pivot means acting between the armrest and the translation means whereby the armrest may pivot between a vertical position and a horizontal position;
• and
• spring means associated with the translation means to urge movement toward the ejected position.

An armrest assembly for a seat back comprising:

• an armrest;
• means providing a storage cavity in the lateral edge face of the seat back;
• translation means mounting the armrest for lateral movement between a retracted position in which the armrest is stored within the cavity and an ejected position in which the armrest is removed from the storage cavity;
• pivot means acting between the armrest and the translation means whereby the armrest may pivot between a vertical position and a horizontal position;
• and
• the means providing a storage cavity includes a cavity wall that opens both laterally of the seat back and rearwardly of the seat back.