Abstract: A modular furniture has a first modular furniture unit. The first modular unit has a first frame. A pair of front legs is attached to the first frame, wherein a first of the pair of front legs supports and holds one of a first adjacent modular furniture unit or a first arm rest and a second of the pair of front legs supports and holds one of a second adjacent modular furniture unit or a first arm rest. A pair of rear legs is coupled to the first frame, wherein a first of the pair of rear legs supports and holds one of the first adjacent modular furniture unit or the first arm rest and a second of the pair of rear legs supports and holds one of the second adjacent modular furniture unit or the second arm rest.

Abstract: A boat, having a transom, includes an aft-facing seat. The aft-facing seat may be positioned proximate to the transom and includes a seat bottom that is inclined at a downward angle in a direction extending from aft to fore. A plurality of handles may be provided for the aft-facing seat, with one at an outboard side and another at an inboard side. The aft-facing seat may be configured to be occupied by a person while the boat is moving through the water such that the person's legs extend aft, over the transom.

Abstract: A reversible seat for a boat or other vehicle includes a base, a seat bottom, and a seat back. The seat bottom, which has a first surface and a second, opposite surface, is pivotally connected to the base such that the seat bottom is capable of rotating at least approximately 180 degrees about the base. The seat back is pivotally connected to the seat bottom on a side of the seat bottom opposite from where the seat bottom is pivotally connected to the base. In a first seat position, the first surface of the seat bottom faces substantially upward and the second surface of the seat bottom faces substantially downward. In a second seat position, the second surface of the seat bottom faces substantially upward and the first surface of the seat bottom faces substantially downward. In each of the first and second seat positions, the seat back extends upward at a predetermined angle relative to the seat bottom.

Abstract: A method and a device are provided for adjusting a vehicle reclining seat which can be moved together into a resting position, the backrest of a front passenger seat being able to be folded downward to the rear and forming a resting surface together with a backseat. Provision is made for the front passenger seat and the rear seat to be movable automatically into a resting position and back into the seating position.

Abstract: The seat includes the structure (3) of the backrest (1) and the structure (5) of the cushion (2), the former foldable backward to provide by a slight simultaneous elevation of the cushion (2) its transformation into a bed as the folded backrest (1) and the cushion (2) are placed horizontally with their surfaces aligned. The structures (3) and (5) of the backrest and cushion are connected to each other by a swivelling shaft (10) about which they can both revolve freely, so that folding backward the structure (3) of the backrest implies pushing and raising the structure (5) of the cushion, as it is connected on its anterior part by a hinged connecting rod (7) between the structure (5) of the cushion (2) and the general fixed structure (6) of the seat.

Abstract: A seat structure for a motor vehicle includes a front seat having a seat back capable of reclining backward, and a rear seat comprising a seat back capable of reclining forward and a seat cushion. In this seat structure, the seat cushion of the rear seat is pivotably supported at a front end, lower portion thereof by a vehicle body through a pivotal support member, such that the seat cushion is rotatable about an axis of the pivotal support member to be flipped over and stored above a floor panel in front of the rear seat. The seat back of the rear seat is pivotably supported at a lower portion by a vehicle body, and is able to recline forward after the seat cushion of the rear seat is rotated and stored, so as to be located in an original position of the seat cushion.

Abstract: A seat structure for a motor vehicle includes a front seat having a seat back capable of reclining backward, and a rear seat comprising a seat back capable of reclining forward and a seat cushion. In this seat structure, the seat cushion of the rear seat is pivotably supported at a front end, lower portion thereof by a vehicle body through a pivotal support member, such that the seat cushion is rotatable about an axis of the pivotal support member to be flipped over and stored above a floor panel in front of the rear seat. The seat back of the rear seat is pivotably supported at a lower portion by a vehicle body, and is able to recline forward after the seat cushion of the rear seat is rotated and stored, so as to be located in an original position of the seat cushion.

Abstract: A first reclining back is pivotally connected to a first seat section. The first back is shiftable to a predetermined position in which the first back is coplanar with the first seat section. The first seat section and back constitute a first seat. A first armrest is detachably connected to the first seat. A second reclining back is pivotally connected to a second seat section. The second back is shiftable to a predetermined position in which the second back is coplanar with the second seat section. The second seat section and back constitute a second seat, which is spaced from the first seat. A second armrest is detachably connected to the second seat. The first and second armrests having been detached from the first and second seats can be used to fill the gap between the first and second seats to form a substantially-flat surface in conjunction with the first and second seats when the first and second backs are in their predetermined positions.

Abstract: A seat, which is transformable into a berth for a vehicle comprises a horizontal seat member and a seat back connected to the support of the seat member by an articulated linkage. The linkage maintains the lower portion of the seat back in permanent contact with the rear portion of the horizontal seat member during the pivoting movement of the seat back, from an upstanding position to a position in which the surface of the seat and member of the seat back are in alignment.

Abstract: An adjustable vehicle seat including first and second seat members pivotally interconnected such that the second seat member is pivotally movable between first and second opposed direction facing positions at opposed ends of the first seat member. An angular adjustment mechanism is associated with the interconnected first and second seat members and enables the angular relationship of the second seat member to be selectively adjusted with respect to the first seat member in a plurality of angular positions. A latch is provided for latching the second seat member in a fixed position when the second seat member is oriented in the first direction facing position.

Abstract: A wheeled carrier (10) which includes a substantially planar back frame (20) and a substantially planar base frame (34) which is rotationally coupled to the back frame (20). The base frame (34) extends in a substantially horizontal plane and the back frame (20) may be rotationally displaced from a substantially vertical plane to a substantially horizontal plane. The wheeled carrier (10) further includes a plurality of wheel members (54, 54', 56, 56') which are rotatably coupled to the base frame (34) for rolling the wheeled carrier (10) on a base surface (12). A containment mechanism (62) is provided and is releasably coupled to the back frame (20) and the base frame (34) for preventing a user from falling external to the wheeled carrier (10).

Abstract: A latch mechanism (24) disclosed secures a vehicle seat (10) in a seating position and is selectively releasable to permit movement of cushion, back, and auxliary components (14, 16, 18) on a support linkage (20) to a bed position. The latch mechanism includes a first latch (26) having a latched position for securing the cushion and back components (14, 16) in the seating position. A second latch (28) of the mechanism has a latched position for securing the auxiliary component (18) in a vertical seating position at the rear of the back component. A pair of the first latches are preferably provided at opposite lateral sides of the seat with the second latch therebetween and are releasable in coordination therewith by an actuator (30) of the mechanism to permit unlatching that allows the seat movement to the bed position. A laterally extending connector shaft (96) of the actuator coordinates the releasing of the latches and is pivotally moved by a pedal-actuated member through a pair of cams.

Abstract: A combined chair and bed which can be utilized selectively as a chair and a bed comprises a frame assembly, a seat assembly including a back rest, a leg support and a seat hinged at one side edge to the back rest and at the opposite side edge to the leg support, and at least one link mechanism operable to set the combined chair and bed in selective one of chair and bed modes. While the seat assembly is mounted on the frame assembly through the link mechanism, the link mechanism comprises a fulcrum about which the back rest pivots accompanied by an angular movement of the hinge between the back rest and the seat about the same fulcrum, thereby shifting the seat selectively upwardly and downwardly depending upon the direction of the pivotal movement of the back rest and a pair of links which, when the back rest is moved to the laid-down position, are erected to support the seat in flush with any one of the back rest and the leg support.

Abstract: Seating apparatus is disclosed which is adapted to provide a forward or rearward facing seat or a bed in a camper type vehicle. The inventive seating apparatus may be used as a forward passenger seat in a van type camper vehicle which has a rear seat with a bed conversion capability similar to that of the seating apparatus of this invention. When the two seats are converted to the bed orientation the combination provides a full sized bed. When desired the rear seat is erected to its forward facing orientation and the seating apparatus of this invention may also be used in the forward facing seat orientation. Alternatively, the forward seat may be reversed so that the seats are in face to face to relation and a table may be placed therebetween for a dining arrangement.