Abstract: A reclining seat for a variety of different uses, but in particular for vehicles such as vans, motor homes, car seats and buses, in which a reclining back is pivoted to the rear portion of the seat section and a latch mechanism for retaining the back in a selected position consists of a striker plate attached to the back and a releasable lever mounted on the seat section for engagement with shoulders on the striker plate to hold the seat in selected positions. The back is urged forwardly by a spring, preferably a coil spring on each side between the seat section and the back, into engagement with a removable abutment on the seat section. The abutment can be removed and the back tilted forwardly sufficiently to relieve tension on the coil spring to facilitate replacement thereof.

Abstract: An arm structure for a reclining seat such as those used on planes, buses, and train coaches, in which one or both of the arms are adjustable between a substantially horizontal position when the back is in upright position and a horizontal or fully down position when the back of the seat is in a reclined position. A latch mechanism holds the arm in the various positions and is released to move the arm to any one of the positions by pulling the arm forwardly and moving it to a selected position. The arm can be lifted to any one of the positions by merely lifting the arm which snaps successively into the various positions as it is pivotally raised. The latch mechanism holds the arm rigidly in position with respect to any pressure applied downwardly thereon by the arm of the occupant of the seat. The arm rest may have one of a number of different types of upholstery or covering to match the covering on the seat.