Passenger seat device for motor vehicles
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH
InventorsClassen Peter, Hofer Carsten
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Abstract
A passenger seat for use in a motor vehicle includes a first and a second substantially planar region. The seat is pivotable about a horizontal axis between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the first region is horizontal and acts as the seat, and the second region is vertical and acts as the seat back, such that the passenger is facing forward. In the second position, the first region is vertical and acts as the seat back, and the second region is horizontal and acts as the seat, such that the passenger is facing backward.
Claims6
A passenger seat for use in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- seat comprising a first substantially planar region and a second substantially planar region, wherein the seat is pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis between a first position and a second position, wherein, in the first position, the first region is substantially horizontal and the second region is substantially vertical, and in the second position, the first region is substantially vertical and the second region is substantially horizontal, and
- seat belt reel device with a reelable seat belt at one side of the seat near where the regions meet, a first seat belt lock at another side of the seat near where the regions meet, a second seat belt lock near an end of the first region, and a third seat belt lock near an end of the second region, wherein the end of the first region is spaced on the first region with a predetermined distance from where the regions meet and the end of the second region is spaced on the second region with a predetermined distance from where the regions meet and the seat belt comprises first and second stop tongue parts each configured to be engaged in any of the seat belt locks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.