Abstract: The disclosure describes a double folding type of seat, wherein a panel for at least a seat cushion is molded in a synthetic resin material, and at the same time, hinge male parts of the hinge mechanisms are formed integrally into the molded cushion, and thus decreases the number of parts, reduces the weight, and improves the assembling performance. In particular, the seat includes a reinforcement panel 4 for a seat cushion 2 or seat back 3 being molded in a synthetic resin material, and additional parts for the reinforcement panel being integrally formed.

Abstract: A removable folding seat is equipped with a first locking member to lock the front lower portion of a seat frame removably to a floor, a second locking member to lock the rear lower portion of the seat frame removably to the floor, and a third locking member to hold the seat in a folding position. The first and third locking members are simultaneously driven by a first lever. The second and third locking members are driven by the common second lever. When the seat is in a seating position, the second lever is allowed to drive the second locking member and inhibited from driving the third locking member. Also, when the seat is in the folding position, the second lever is inhibited from driving the second locking member and allowed to drive the third locking member.

Abstract: A self locking forkbolt for pivoting the end of a pivoting seat back frame to a vehicle body includes a pin that is locked into a slot by the end of a hook that swings on a pivot axis across the slot, from an open to a closed position. A locking lever fixed to the hook moves with the hook, and a cam lever pivoted to the same pivot axis, located on to of the locking lever, has a striker edge that is engaged by the pin first as the pin is pushed into the slot. The force transfer connection between the cam lever and the hook/locking lever is indirect, consisting of a spring that is compressed by the pivoting cam lever to, in turn, push on the hook. The locking lever pops into a latched position as the hook swings closed, and the spring remains at least slightly compressed, reducing rattle of the pin within the slot.

Abstract: A folding seat assembly is provided for a vehicle including a seat back and a seat bottom pivotally mounted relative to the seat back and movable between a seating position and a folded upright position. A detent mechanism provides a resistance to movement of the seat bottom from the folded upright position and the seating position. An inertia latch mechanism is provided for engaging the seat bottom in the folded upright position in response to a rapid deceleration of the vehicle such as caused by a collision.

Abstract: A seat mounting apparatus for supporting a seat allows the seat to be positioned in three possible positions allowing for improved ingress/egress and cargo carrying. The seat mounting apparatus includes a seat back frame (28), a seat bottom frame (36), a front leg (50), and a rear leg (44). A guide mechanism (59) is disposed between the seat bottom frame and the front leg for guiding the front leg. A reclining mechanism (91) is interposed between the seat back frame and the seat bottom frame for allowing the seat back frame to move between first and second reclined positions and into a first folded position. A front release mechanism (61) is interposed between the seat bottom frame and the front leg for controlling relative motion between the front leg and the seat bottom upon actuation of the front release mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicle seat unit with a forwardly tiltable seat cushion which is easy to handle and which is capable of being fastened securely to a vehicle floor. A pair of hook members provided at the rear portion of the seat cushion are engageable with and disengageable from a pair of strikers fixed to the vehicle floor and a pair of stop pins provided on the vehicle floor are engageable with and disengageable from another pair of hook members provide at the front portion of the seat cushion through handles, respectively.

Abstract: A lock mechanism comprises a latch claw installed on a fixed rail of a back and forth slide mechanism, and a lock release knob disposed between the latch claw and an operating lever for a lock release operation supported by a movable rail. An end portion of the operating lever is inserted into an inside of the back and forth slide mechanism from a through hole formed in the movable rail. The lock release knob is operated by the operating lever and an engagement between a striker disposed on a vehicle floor and the latch claw is released.

Abstract: An anchoring system for the seat of a vehicular seat adapted to be rotated between folded and upright positions, having a front anchor bar and a rear anchor bar, both being attached to the floor of the vehicle, the leg having a leg and having front and rear projections for anchoring the seat from the front and rear anchor bars, a profile formed on the bottom of the leg between the first and second projections for an anchor bar sliding in engagement therewith when the seat is moved from its folded position to its upright position, a recess between the first projection and the profile for selective engagement with the rear anchor bar, a catch having a hook for engaging the rear anchor bar, and a support member having two recesses each for fitting at all times about a respective one of the front and said rear anchor bars, in its upright position the seat is being held firm by the anchoring system regardless of the position of the catch.

Abstract: A vehicle seat has a coupler for connecting the seat to the floor of a vehicle, and a first seat section. The first seat section is connected to the coupler, and includes a femur portion and a back portion. A second seat section is also connected to the coupler, and includes a femur portion and a back portion. A third seat section is additionally connected to the coupler and includes a femur portion and a back portion. The first and second seat sections are movable between: (1) a first position wherein the femur portion is generally parallel to the vehicle floor and the back portion is generally perpendicular to the vehicle floor; (2) a second position wherein the femur portion and the back portion are both generally parallel to the vehicle floor; and (3) a third position wherein the femur portion and back portion are both disposed generally perpendicular to the vehicle floor.

Abstract: The seat structure comprises a frame (12) carrying a seat (14), a backrest (16) and at least one leg (20). The backrest (16) is mounted on the frame (12) to be pivotable between at least one position adapted to receive an occupant and at least one position inadapted to receive the occupant. The leg (20) is provided with a ball-type lock (28) for fixing the seat structure to a floor of the vehicle. This lock comprises a rod (32) movable between a lock locking position and a lock unlocking position. The seat (14) is connected to the backrest (16) by a mobile control linkage 46 which ensures that the position of the seat (14) is governed by the position the backrest (16). The seat structure further comprises means (58) for immobilizing the control linkage (46) when the backrest (16) is in a position inadapted to receive an occupant and the rod (32) is in an unlocking position.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat has a seat cushion angularly movable about a pivot, a backrest angularly movable about a shaft, and a headrest detachably mounted on the backrest, the headrest having a pair of stays extending downwardly. A headrest storage mechanism has a headrest storage space defined between the seat cushion and the backrest when the seat cushion is lifted forward and the backrest is lowered forward toward the seat cushion, with the headrest removed from the backrest, and a pair of arms mounted on the seat cushion and attached to the pivot, for supporting the headrest in a given attitude when the seat cushion is lifted forward. The headrest storage space has such dimensions as to be able to store the stays extending downwardly from the headrest when the headrest is supported on the arms.

Abstract: A locking apparatus of folding seat for vehicles by which a folding seat can be automatically and stably locked by a locking apparatus when a passenger is seated on a rear seat and, when the passenger leaves the seat, the folding seat can be automatically released of its locking, the apparatus comprising:a load detecting plate disposed for vertical movement at a support frame of a rear seat cushioning unit rotatatively mounted through the medium of a front hinge;a manipulating plate disposed in contact with the load detecting plate to receive a descending motion of the load detecting plate for a rotation to one direction and so mounted as to return to an original position by resilient restoring force of a return spring;a lock so disposed as to receive a rotary movement of the manipulating plate under a state of being contacted with the manipulating plate and to be rotated thereby, and so mounted as to return to the original position by the resilient restoring force of the return spring; anda hook releasably c

Abstract: A seat device for mounting on a vehicle-floor including a first engaging member fixed to a front portion of a seat and detachably engaged with a fastening portion of the vehicle-floor, a second engaging member pivoted to the first engaging member and having one end engagable with the fastening portion of the vehicle-floor and the other end being in contact with the vehicle-floor, an urging member for biasing the one end of the second engaging member toward the fastening portion of the vehicle-floor, and a fixing mechanism provided at a rear portion of the seat for engaging or disengaging the seat from the vehicle-floor.

Abstract: A safety fixture for a removable vehicle seat of the type having four legs, two front legs and two rear legs. Each leg is equipped with a mobile catch for being affixed to at least one of two transverse rods fixed in the front or rear floor well of a vehicle. Each front leg has a hook-shaped part that interacts with one of the two parallel transverse rods fixed in the front floor well. The catch for the font legs can be returned and unlocked. First and second hook-shaped parts are used simultaneously affix each rear leg to both transverse rods in the rear floor well of the vehicle. The first and second hook-shaped parts are formed on a front and rear catch, respectively. The front catch articulates at the front and toward the base of a common support. The front catch also includes a triangular heel delimited by an upper face stop for immobilizing the rear catch in the locked position and a rear face stop for immobilizing the front catch in the open position.

Abstract: The stationary articulated part of the articulated fitting is connected at its front end with the seat part so as to be rotatable via a swivel axle. The rear end region cooperates with a stop which is fixed at the seat part. A catch hook which is articulated at the stationary articulated part so as to be swivelable engages the stop and a locking arrangement has an actuating lever which is supported at the stationary articulated part so as to be rotatable and which is spring-loaded in the locking direction. The actuating lever communicates with a locking cam which secures the catch hook. A control arm contacting the stop is held under pretensioning by the spring element which acts upon the actuating lever in the locking direction. In the release position of the catch hook, the actuating lever is held by the catch lever in a releasable manner.

Abstract: A slide rail device for use with a jump seat that can be jumped up and rotated to a storage area in an automobile, in which a locking mechanism is provided for locking and unlocking the jump seat with respect to an lower rail member fixed in the floor of automobile. The locking mechanism includes a female engagement member fixed at the jump seat, a lock member having a male engagement portion for engagement with that female engagement member, and an actuator arm operatively connected to the lock member. When the jump seat is unlocked from the slide rail device, the female engagement member is withdrawn in the lower rail member out of engagement with the female engagement member, so that there is no projection of male engagement portion of the locking mechanism from the lower rail member, which avoids undesired contact and damage between the locking mechanism and baggage or article loaded on the floor.

Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided for use in a vehicle including floor means having a pair of front and rear wells and anchor members extending across the wells. The seat is movable between a fixed, operative position and forwardly tumbled, storage position. Handle structure is coupled to at least one of the rear legs in a position to be manually grasped and operated at a side of the vehicle seat for unlatching the rear hook members thereby permitting the vehicle seat to be pivoted about the front anchor members and moved to the forwardly tumbled, storage position thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a second lock mechanism (5) which interlocks a seat (1) with a rotating member (45) and renders the rotating member (45) non-rotatable with respect to the seat (1), and when the seat (1) is reclined the first lock mechanism (5) and the vehicle floor (2) are interlocked and rotation of the rotating member (45) with respect to the seat (1) is regulated, while when in a folded-up state, rotation of the seat (1) with respect to the vehicle floor (2) by an axle mechanism (44) is regulated by rotation control of the rotating member (45) with respect to the seat (1) by means of the interlocking of the second lock mechanism (5) and the seat (1), via a linkage mechanism (49), thus achieving a significant improvement in the usability of an automobile seat when adjusting it to a seating position or a folded-up position.

Abstract: A passenger seat assembly (10) for a motor vehicle which can be folded to a stowed position for increasing cargo capacity includes a seat cushion (12) and a backrest cushion (14). The seat cushion (12) can move between horizontal use and vertical stowed positions, and the backrest cushion (14) can similarly move between vertical use and horizontal stowed positions. A displacement cam (64) is connected to the seat cushion (12). A pawl (46) locks the backrest cushion (14) in its vertical use position. A flexible motion transmitting core element (52) is attached at one end to the pawl (46) and at the other end to a slug (70). The slug (70) rides in an arcuate receiver slot (68) of the displacement cam (64). When the seat cushion (12) is manually pulled from its horizontal use position, the displacement cam (64) is rotated, causing the receiver slot (68) to slide over the slug (70). This lost motion continues for approximately 30.degree.

Abstract: A seat device for vehicles which comprises a supporting mechanism provided to a front portion of a seat and for rotatably supporting a seat to a floor of a vehicle body; a fixing mechanism provided with a mounting member supported through a pivotal axis to a rear portion of the seat, a first engaging member supported on the mounting member and engagable with the floor of the vehicle body, and a second engaging member supported on the mounting member and engagable with the seat; and a connecting mechanism having one end thereof connected to the mounting member and the second engaging member and the other end thereof connected to the seat or the supporting mechanism, and for controlling an engaging relation of at least the second engaging member.

Abstract: A bus seat comprising a metal frame, a bus seat back and a bus seat; said bus seat back includes a front modular portion; a rear modular portion; and a collar portion; said front modular portion affixed to said metal frame; said rear modular portion affixed to said front modular portion; and said collar portion affixed to said front modular portion adjacent said front and rear modular portions. The bus seat is affixed to the metal frame. The modular construction of the bus seat back enables replacement of a specific section or sections of the bus seat. The bus seat back and bus seat can be used in retrofit installations or in new installations. The bus seat back and bus seat are constructed of an elastomer skinned urethane foam which adheres to front, rear and bottom pieces of plywood. The collar portion is constructed of the elastomer skinned urethane foam but does not include a plywood portion. The collar portion is affixed to the front plywood portion.

Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat frame and a backrest retained pivotally thereon. Pairs of front and rear legs are articulated on the seat frame and are intended for fastening the seat frame on the vehicle floor. The rear legs are locked releasably on the vehicle floor for the purpose of pivoting the seat cushion upwards and are coupled so as to be forced to move with the pivoting movement of the seat cushion, such that they fold onto the seat frame during the pivoting operation. For the purpose of achieving a cost-effective, rattle-free pivoting mechanism for the rear legs, the front legs are assigned a first belt pulley and the rear legs are assigned a second belt pulley, and the two belt pulleys are connected to one another via a drive belt. Each belt pulley is arranged, on the associated legs, coaxially with respect to the articulation point of the legs on the seat frame and is connected in a rotationally mixed manner to at least one leg.

Abstract: In a device for connecting a longitudinal beam (1) of a vehicle seat, especially a motor vehicle seat, to the vehicle structure (2) in a positively engaging manner both in the longitudinal direction of the seat and in the vertical direction, with a throat (7), which is provided on the longitudinal beam and is open toward the bottom and is intended to hold a bolt (5), which is provided on the vehicle structure (2), and a hook (9), which in its locking position reaches from the top behind the bolt (5) received by the throat (5), the hook (9) has a locking device (10, 13), which in its locking position holds the hook (9) in its release position. The locking device (10, 13) exhibits a releasing element (13), which can be moved by the bolt (5), entering into the throat (7), into a position, in which the locking device (10, 13) releases the hook (9).

Abstract: An improved asymmetric wire-hook for a closure one-piece latch wire retainer pivotally mounted to a hinged member wherein the hook is latched upon rotation through an elongated slot of an anchor member. The retainer includes axially aligned wire-lengths terminating in spaced apart opposed bend portions interconnected by the wire-hook. The wire-hook includes one end of a long finger connected to one bend portion and sloped downwardly at a predetermined obtuse-angle relative to one wire length and a short finger connected to the other bend portion and extending downwardly at a right angle relative to the remaining wire length. The long finger lower end terminates in a first acute-angled bend juncture connected to a proximate end of a single lead-in wire segment upwardly sloped at a relatively steep incline while the short finger lower end terminates in a second acute-angle bend juncture connected to a proximate end of a single lead-out wire segment upwardly sloped at a relatively flat incline.

Abstract: A prop and latch rod mechanism is provided for use with a passenger seat carried forwardly of the cargo deck on a utility vehicle. The mechanism is particularly useful for securing a pivotable seat in a forwardly tilted transport position so that the cargo deck storage space can be enlarged. The preferred embodiment utilizes the mechanism with a vehicle adapted for emergency medical usage and permits the utility deck to be extended to accommodate a stretcher. The mechanism is comprised of a wire rod pivotally coupled at one end with the seat, having a track or channel that permits quick and easy movement of the seat between its operative and forwardly pivoted transport position and includes a latch structure that is releasably engageable with a latch rod carried on the vehicle.

Abstract: A tumble forward seat having mounting brackets that are rigidly attachable to a motor vehicle body and which establish a pivot axis for the seat frame. The brackets are releasably attached to a pair of front mounting pins in the vehicle body floor to hold the brackets stationary in the vehicle. The seat assembly frame then pivots about the mounting brackets from a generally horizontal use position to a tumble forward stowed position to increase the cargo capacity of the vehicle. When rotated forwarded to the up-tilted position, the rear legs of the seat rotate into the envelope formed by the seat frame to avoid leaving the rear legs projecting into the cargo space.

Abstract: A removably attachable vehicle seat mechanism is provided, having a seat support connected to the vehicle seat, a base connected to the floorboard, and a base plate connected to the floorboard and base. The support is removably attachable to the base, providing for easy installation and removal of the vehicle seat from the vehicle. The vehicle seat rests substantially upright on the seat support prior to installation. The seat and seat support need be tilted at an angle of less than 20.degree. to removably attach the support to the base. A cantilever mechanism located on the support exerts a cantilever force upon the base. A rod located on the support engages slots adjacent to rear portion of the base. Hooks located on the support engage a bar on the based, further positively locking the support to the base.

Abstract: A latch system for a vehicle seat leg is provided. The seat has a seating position in which it is generally horizontally oriented with front and rear legs connected to the vehicle floor via floor pins, and the seat has a storage position wherein only the front legs are connected to the vehicle floor with the seat inclined upwardly.

Abstract: A shower/tub seat that includes a pair of inverted U-shaped hangers adapted to be removably received over a horizontal bar affixed to a shower/tub wall so as to have inner hanger legs adjacent to the wall and outer hanger legs remote from the wall. A platform is pivotally mounted to the lower ends of the outer hanger legs so as to pivot between a vertical position adjacent to the outer hanger legs and a horizontal position for use. The platform has an end edge adjacent to the wall that engages the wall and the lower ends of the inner hanger legs in the horizontal position of the platform so as to hold the platform in horizontal position and support the weight of a person or objects placed on the platform. A pair of adjustable abutment feet are mounted on the lower ends of the inner hanger legs for adjusting horizontal orientation of the seat within the shower stall or over the bathtub.

Abstract: A vehicular seating assembly (14) includes a seat cushion (20) and a seat back (22). The seat back (22) is locked in the seat forming position when the pawl (46) is locked into the seat back notch (54) by the bell crank (34). When the seat cushion (20) is moved out of the seat forming position, the spring (52) forces the bell crank (34) to rotate (counter clockwise in the Figures) unlocking the pawl (46) from the seat back notch (54). The torsion bar (32) receives the seat cushion (20) when the seat cushion (20) is returned to the seat forming position rotating the bell crank (34) back into locking engagement with the pawl (46) via a linkage (36).

Abstract: An occupant safety device for an automotive vehicle includes a seat including a seat and back cushion. The seat is supported by a pair of left and right supports oppositely provided on the left and right sides of the seat which are supported on the floor of the vehicle. The seat is supported in the front by opposite pins for a pivot motion of the seat cushion. A rotary cover plate is hinged at one end below the cushion and adapted to open an opening formed in the floor surface which permits the back portion of the seat to fall into the opening. The door is suported in a closed ordinary condition by means of a locking pin of a locking pin mechanism. The seat back is supported on the supports and hinged at the upper end and supported at the lower end by opposite lock pin members which when a collision occurs the pins release the seat so that the seat is hinged at its upper end.

Abstract: A locking device for preventing a seat from coming loose when the vehicle is moving includes a plate provided with at least one recess (3) for receiving the leg of a seat, and at least one sliding block (4) having at least one open L-shaped notch (5) and able to move between a position in which the open portion of the notch faces the recess and provides a passage for a transverse pin located on said leg, and a locking position in which the closed portion of the notch (5) faces said recess and prevent said pin from being freed, a device (7) urges the sliding block towards its locking position.

Abstract: A folding vehicle bedseat assembly having upper and lower seat cushion portions with corresponding upper and lower frames is disclosed. A preferred folding and support mechanism of the assembly provides for the seat assembly to be moved between an unfolded use configuration and a folded stowage configuration, as well as to be releasably retained in either of such configurations, by way of operation of a single actuation handle. The preferred folding mechanism also allows the seat assembly to be moved to the stowage position without substantially changing the forwardmost projection of the seat assembly.

Abstract: A transport modification for a vehicle such as a van having a rearmost seat means pivotally mounted a position proximate one forward edge portion thereof to the vehicle floor and pivotal over a storage space located normally substantially underneath the seat, the modification including a tote deck adapted to overlie the space and providing a substantially flat and generally horizontal support surface for baggage or the like, a foot member affixed to each end portion of the tote deck for spanning the space and adapted to rest on the floor for maintaining the support surface of the deck above the space and substantially parallel to the floor, and at least one removable prop adapted for rigidly connecting the floor to the other edge portion of the seat to maintain the seat in a pivoted position with respect to the tote deck during the period that accessibility to the storage space is desired.

Abstract: An automotive seat having a seat cushion latching device is disclosed, in which the changing of the seat cushion from an operative latched position to a folded latched position or vice verse is achieved by manipulating only one operation lever.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat having a squab pivotally mounted on the vehicle floor adjacent the front of the squab, a normally engaged coupling is connected between the rear of the squab and the floor to prevent forwardly tilting of the squab. An operating device is provided for selectively disengaging the coupling. A normally disengaged coupling is also provided between the rear of the squab and the vehicle floor. Upon deformation of the squab in a forward direction during a collision the normally disengaged coupling will become engaged to prevent forward tilting of the squab.

Abstract: A vehicle seat latch with a take-up mechanism for use in securing a removable bench seat to a vehicle. The bench seat being supported on laterally spaced pedestals which are engageable with support shafts in the floor structure of a vehicle. The rearward end of the pedestals include an elongated U-shaped slot for engagement with the support shaft, the slots are elongated to accommodate variations in the vertical height of the support shafts in the vehicle floor. The latch take-up mechanism includes a take-up hook which is rotatable underneath the support shaft to engage the lower surface of the support shaft to prevent the bench seat from rocking forward during rapid deceleration of the vehicle.

Abstract: A body supporting chair in the form of a generally U-shaped seat member rotatably mounted upon a central support post by support means allowing the seat member to assume operative and inoperative positions with respect to the support post. The seat member is adapted for oscillatory movement with respect to the support means, and is intended to be adjusted vertically with respect to the support post. The support post is mounted on a base member for supporting the chair on a horizontal support surface.

Abstract: A seat tilt mechanism includes a seat frame pivotally secured at its forward end to a floor mounted support. A first toggle link is pivotally secured at a pivot axis eccentrically displaced from the tilt axis for the seat and is in turn pivotally secured to a second link whose other end is pivotally secured to the rear of the seat frame about a support axis. An actuator is pivotally secured for rotation about the support axis together with the second link and preferably, the second toggle link is formed as a portion of the actuator. Moreover, the actuator forms a support leg for supporting the rear end of the seat in the seating position. A latch mechanism retains the seat in its seating position. The latch mechanism is supported by a latch housing which rotates in unison with the support leg so that both members are retracted beneath the seat as the seat is pivoted from its seating position to an access position which permits access to an area behind the seat.

Abstract: A lock assembly for a pivotal automobile seat comprising a seat belt anchor plate fixed to the seat and having an upwardly directed engaging lip, a pair of base plates joined together to define an accommodating space and fixed to the anchor plate by a pair of bolts, and a locking mechanism housed within the accommodating space of the base plates for releasably locking to a support member on the vehicle floor, wherein a reinforcing plate is welded to one of the base plates which is closer to the anchor plate, and the reinforcing plate has a downwardly directed engaging projection for engagement with the engaging lip of the anchor plate upon slight deformation of the anchor plate.

Abstract: A floor latching mechanism particularly adapted for attaching a bench seat to a motor vehicle floor which permits the seat to be conveniently removed from the vehicle. The floor latching mechanism includes a retractable actuation handle which drives a pair of hooks that are engageable with shafts attached to the motor vehicle floor. When the actuation handle is rotated, a cam partially lifts the bench seat and maintains the hooks out of engagement with the floor shafts. The floor latching mechanisms may be actuated to a parked position wherein the mechanism will not inadvertently reengage the floor shafts.

Abstract: A vehicle passenger seat located adjacent to the driver is equipped with a backrest and can be swung past the dashboard of a motor vehicle by first pivoting the backrest forward, a rearward sliding movement being superimposed on the pivoting movement because a bracket receiving the backrest pivotably is provided with a guide device and a displacement of the bracket together with the backrest is produced by means of a supporting lever arrangement.

Abstract: A vehicle passenger seat located adjacent to the driver is equipped with a backrest and can be swung past the dashboard of a motor vehicle by first pivoting the backrest forward, a rearward sliding movement being superimposed on the pivoting movement because a bracket receiving the backrest pivotably is provided with a guide device and a displacement of the bracket together with the backrest is produced by means of a supporting lever arrangement.

Abstract: An automobile seat comprising a seat bottom rotatable around a transverse axis approximately parallel to a car body floor, a seat back inclinably mounted on the seat bottom, a seat bottom lock for releasably locking the seat bottom to the floor, a seat back lock for releasably locking the seat back to the seat bottom, and a link for interlocking these locks in such a manner that, when one of them is released, the other is automatically released. The seat bottom lock is provided with a striker fixed to the floor and a lock piece mounted on the seat bottom for engagement with the striker and the seat back lock is provided with a hook for locking the rotation of the seat back. The link transmits the movement of either the lock piece or the hook to the other. In a reclining seat, the seat back lock is formed to releasably lock a knuckle bracket of the reclining mechanism to the seat back or the seat bottom.

Abstract: A theater chair comprises a floor support 2, an upwardly open U-shaped iron fitting 3 fixed to the support, its front limb 32 bearing a seat 4 hinged around an axis 32 spaced from its rear edge, the latter retracting within the limbs of the U-shaped fitting when the seat is raised. The rear 36 limb bears the backrest 5 and, optionally, armrests 6.

Abstract: An automotive folding seat is adapted to be retracted to provide a wider entrance space for passengers. The seat back can be folded onto a seat cushion and the seat in its entirety can be pivoted to a retracted position wherein the seat cushion is aligned vertically with the seat back folded onto the seat cushion. A locking mechanism serves to hold the seat cushion in its normal operating position. The locking mechanism is engageable to a striker rigidly mounted on the vehicle body and associated with a hinge mechanism which latches the seat back in its normal operating position and allows pivotal movement to the folded position in response to release operation of an operation lever. The operation lever also causes the locking mechanism to release its locking engagement with the striker to allow retracting movement of the seat cushion.

Abstract: A rear seat for a motor vehicle includes a seat part and a back rest pivo to the seat part. The seat is mounted so that it can be moved between an inoperative position, in which the seat part and back rest are folded together and positioned approximately parallel to the back rest of the vehicle's front seat, and several operative positions. The seat part is mounted to the floor of the vehicle by a first link. A second link is pivotally mounted at one end to the back rest and has a journal at the other end. A locking member is movable between a locking position in which it holds the journal pivotably to an adjacent part of the vehicle and an unlocked position in which the journal is released to allow the seat to be moved to its inoperative position.

Abstract: A latch assembly for a pivoted vehicle seat (14) which provides sufficient locking capability to permit a seat belt (15) to be mounted on the frame (10) of the seat as opposed to the base (16) of the vehicle. The latch assembly includes two slidable horizontally spaced apart latch blocks (20,20') mounted on the frame (10) of the seat (14) for engaging base mounted catches (22,22'). Two actuator arms (48,48') coupled to the frame, are operatively connected to each latch block (20,20') and are secured to and positioned by an operator actuated release member (36). Movement of the actuator arms (48,48') causes the latch blocks (20,20') to disengage the base (16) mounted catches (22,22') substantially simultaneously.