CA1280345C - Seat for an automobile - Google Patents
Seat for an automobileInfo
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ABSTRACT
A seat for an automobile comprising a back seat, a bottom seat, a pair of side brackets mounted on both sides of the bottom of said bottom seat, respectively, and a pair of seat supporting brackets spaced from each other mounted on the bottom of the automobile. Two pairs of arms each mounted at one end thereof on said side bracket and at the other end thereof on the lower end of said back seat and adapted to shift said back seat forwards and back-wards. Also between side brackets and seat supporting brackets, two pairs of legs are pivotably arranged, which is adapted to maintain a constant angle between the bottom seat and the bottom of the automobile, thus the bottom seat can be moved by a certain distance by the pivoting of legs. The seat for an automobile also comprises a locking mechanism adapted to actuate and constrain the pivoting of legs.
A seat for an automobile comprising a back seat, a bottom seat, a pair of side brackets mounted on both sides of the bottom of said bottom seat, respectively, and a pair of seat supporting brackets spaced from each other mounted on the bottom of the automobile. Two pairs of arms each mounted at one end thereof on said side bracket and at the other end thereof on the lower end of said back seat and adapted to shift said back seat forwards and back-wards. Also between side brackets and seat supporting brackets, two pairs of legs are pivotably arranged, which is adapted to maintain a constant angle between the bottom seat and the bottom of the automobile, thus the bottom seat can be moved by a certain distance by the pivoting of legs. The seat for an automobile also comprises a locking mechanism adapted to actuate and constrain the pivoting of legs.
Description
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TITLE OF THE INVENTION
A SEAT FOR AN AUTOMOBILE
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a seat for an automobile, and particularly to a seat for an automobile in which a back seat can be shifted forwards and back-wards, and a bottom seat can vary its angle to the bottom of the automobile when the bottom seat is moved back and forth.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Generally, conventional seats for automobile can be divided into two kinds, a seat for a motor car and a seat for a bus. In the case of a ~eat for a motor-car, the back seat can not be shifted. The bottom seat can slide on the bottom of car. In the case of a seat for a bus, the back seat can be shifted forwards and backwards. And also, the bottom seat can slide on the bottom of bus. However, seats of the former case can not be used variously, because the back seat is unable to be shifted forwards and backwards. Due to the sliding of the bottom seat, a mat on the bot~om of car may be demaged by the bottom surface of the bottom seat. And ~'^1 3a~S
also, associated mechanical elements may be easily worn due to the friction generated between the bottom seat and the bottom of car. The sea~ of the latter case can be used variously. However, the bo-ttom seat main-tains a constant ang].e to the bottom of bus, ~hereby causing the passenger to feel the reduced comfort. And also, there are problems of the demage of the mat and the possibility of the trouble, as in the former case.
SUMl~IARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, an ob,ect of the present invention is to provide a seat for an automobile which is able to eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages encountered in the prior art.
In accordance with the present invention, this object can be accomplished by providing a seat for an automobile comprising a back seat; a bottom seat; a pair of side brackets mounted on both sides of the bottom of said bottom seat, respectively; a pair of seat support-ing brackets spaced from each other and mounted on the bottom of the automobile; two pairs of legs pivotably arranged between said side brackets and said seat sup-porting brackets, said legs adapted to maintain a con-stant angle between said bottom seat and the bottom of ~8~3i3~5 the automobile and to shift the bottom seat by a cer-tain distance by the pivoting thereof; and a locking means including a pair of handles, a pair of wires, a pair of locking plates, a pair of locking links, and a pair of springs, said locking means adapted to actuate and prevent the pivoting of said legs.
The back seat can be shifted forwards and backwards, by means of two pairs of arms each pair arranged at each side of the seat. Each arm is mounted at one end there-of on the side brac~et and at the other end thereof on the lower end of the back seat. After the back seat is shifted, the bottom seat can be moved by being pushed backwards. At this time, an angle of the botto~ seat to the bottom of the automobile is varied, so that the passenger feels comfort.
The present invention may best be understood with reference to the following description taken in connec-tion with the appended drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is an exploded prospect view of a seat of the present invention;
3~i Fig. 2 is a side view of a seat of the present in-vention;
Fig. 3 is an explanation of the pivoting of leys;
Fig. 4 is a view showing a locking device in ac-cordance with the present invention; and Fig. 5 is an explanation of the mou~ting of arms;
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
. _ _ _ As shown in the drawings, a seat oE the present invention comprises a back seat 1 and a bottom seat 2.
To the bo-t-tom end of -the back seat 1, a knuckle ~ is attached. To the bottom surface of the bottom seat 2, a side bracket 5 is fixedly mounted. The back seat 1 is pivotly connected to the bottom sea~ 2 by means of arms 21 which are pivotly mounted between the knuckle 4 and the side bracket 5. Between the side bracket 5 mounted to the bottom seat 2 and a seat supporting bracket 7 fixed to the bottom o~ automobile, legs 9a and 9b are pivotly mounted, which have locking protru-sions 8a and 8b, respectively. At the bottom surface of the bottom seat 2, a locking shaft 11 is fixedly mounted. To the locking shaft 11, a locking plate 12 and a locking link 14 having a locking groove 13 are pivotly mounted. The locking plate 12 is also fixed to the locking link 14. To the upper and lower ends of the locking plate 12, wires 16a and 16b are connected, which are also connected to handles 15a and 15b, res-pectively.
The reference numeral 17 designates a locking re-lease lever, 18 a locking arm, 19 a shaft, 20 a locking pin, 22 a leak lining mechanism, 23 a wire lever, 24 a shaft,-25 a hook, 26 a spring holding hole, 27 a spring, . ~ .,, ,:
~36~3~5 and A to D bolts. And also reference numerals 3 and 6 designate bodies of the back seat 1 and the bottom seat 2, respectively.
The back seat 1 according to the present invention can be shifted forwards and backwards. When the shift of the back seat 3 is required, a passenger lifts the locking release lever 17 upwards, so that the locking arm 18 fixed to said locking release lever 17 pivots in counter-clockwise about the shaft 19, causing the lock-ing pin 20 to be released from the locking arm 18. In this state, as the passenger pushes the back seat 3 in the required direction, the back seat 3 is shifted to the required position by the linkage movement of the arm 21 connected by the knuckle 4 to said back seat.
After the back seat 3 is shifted to the required position, the passenger operates the leak linin~ mech-anism 22 positioned at the lower end of said back seat, in order to vary an angle between the back seat 3 and the bottom seat 6 into an angle at which the passenger feels most comfortable.
After the back seat 3 has been shifted as described hereinbe~ore, each seat is faced to the next seat. In this case, the space between seats faced to each other becomes short to cause the passengers to be discomfort.
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3~i To prevent such discomfort of the passengers, the bottom seat 6 will be moved backwards. In this movement of the bottom seat 6, an angle between the bottom seat 6 and the bottom surface of the automobile can be varied in accordance with the present invention. Even in the case when the back seat is shifted, therefore~ the bottom seat 6 can be adjusted to maintain a constant angle at which the passen~er feels comfort.
Now backward and forward directional movements of the bottom seat 6 will be described in detail.
In order to change the position of legs 9a and 9b from the condition shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, as a first step the locking device shown in FIG. 4 has to be operated. That is, the passenger firstly lifts the handle 15a upwards positioned at the bottom of the bottom seat 6. Thereby, the wire lever 23 fixed con-nected to the handle 15a pivots about the shaft 24 in clockwise, so that the wire 16a is pulled toward the left of FIG. 4. Accordingly, the wire 16a forces the locking plate 12 and the shaft 11 to pivot in clockwise, so that the locking link 14 fixed to said shaft 11 pivots in clockwise, thereby causing the locking protrusion 8b to be released from the locking ~roove 13. Thus, legs 9a and 9b can he pivoted freely.
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It should be noted that most constituting elements of the present invention, that is, the knuckle, the side bracket, the arms, the legs, and the locking lever are arranged both sides of the back seat or the bottom seat.
In the released condition of the lockiny device as above-mentioned, pushing the bottom seat 6 toward the direction "F" causes legs mounted between the side bracket 5 fixed to the bottom of the bottom seat 6 and the seat supporting bracket 7 by means of bolts A to D
to pivot about bolts A and B, respectively, in counter-clockwise by an angle ~. By such pivoting of legs 9a and 9b, the side bracket 5, and thus, the bottom seat 6 are shifted horizontally by a distance "Q".
Before the bottom seat 6 is shifted, the front level of the bottom seat 6 is higher than the rear level thereof (for example, by an angle ~), so that the pas-sanger can feel comfortable. And also, after the bottom seat 6 is shifted, the front level of the bottom seat is higher than the rear level thereof (for example, by an angle ~), so that the passenger can always feel com-fortable.
After legs 9a and 9b pivot by an angle ~, locking protrusions 8a and 8b of said legs are moved from T to T' and from S to S', respectively. That is, although ' " -, ~8~33~S
the protrusion 8b is engaged in the locking groove 13 of the locking link 14 before the bottom seat 6 is shifted, said protrusion 8b is moved to the position s', and said protrusion 8a is moved to the position T' and newly engaged in the locking groove 13 of the locking link 14. This engagement is accomplished by the res-toring spring force of the spring 27 which is connected at one end thereof to a hook 25 formed on the side bracket 5 and at the other end thereof to a hole 26 formed on the middle of the locking link 14.
On the other hand, when the bottom seat 6 is re-quired to be shifted reversely, the passenger firstly lifts the handle 15b upwards. Thereby, the wire 16b is pulled toward the right of FIG. 4. Accordingly, the wire 16b forces the locking link 14 to pivot about the shaft ll in clockwise, so that the locking protru-sion 8a can be disengaged from the locking groove 13.
In this condition t pushing the bottom seat 6 toward the direction opposite to the direction "F" causes legs 9a and 9b to pivot about bolts ~ and B, and the bottom seat 6 to be shifted, by the distance "Q", towards the right of FIG. 4. At this time, the bottom seat 2 maintain an angle ~, to the bottom of the automobile, so that the locking protusion 8b can be engaged in the locking groove of the locking link 14, thereby con-straining the side bracket 5 to move right and left.
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As appaxent from the above description, the seat of the present inventlon enables the backward and for-ward shifts of the back seat. And also, the bottom seat can be shifted by a certain distance by pivoting legs and maintain a certain angle to the bottom of the automobile, so that the passenger can always feel com-fortable, without any demage of the mat on the bottom of the automobile.
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TITLE OF THE INVENTION
A SEAT FOR AN AUTOMOBILE
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a seat for an automobile, and particularly to a seat for an automobile in which a back seat can be shifted forwards and back-wards, and a bottom seat can vary its angle to the bottom of the automobile when the bottom seat is moved back and forth.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Generally, conventional seats for automobile can be divided into two kinds, a seat for a motor car and a seat for a bus. In the case of a ~eat for a motor-car, the back seat can not be shifted. The bottom seat can slide on the bottom of car. In the case of a seat for a bus, the back seat can be shifted forwards and backwards. And also, the bottom seat can slide on the bottom of bus. However, seats of the former case can not be used variously, because the back seat is unable to be shifted forwards and backwards. Due to the sliding of the bottom seat, a mat on the bot~om of car may be demaged by the bottom surface of the bottom seat. And ~'^1 3a~S
also, associated mechanical elements may be easily worn due to the friction generated between the bottom seat and the bottom of car. The sea~ of the latter case can be used variously. However, the bo-ttom seat main-tains a constant ang].e to the bottom of bus, ~hereby causing the passenger to feel the reduced comfort. And also, there are problems of the demage of the mat and the possibility of the trouble, as in the former case.
SUMl~IARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, an ob,ect of the present invention is to provide a seat for an automobile which is able to eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages encountered in the prior art.
In accordance with the present invention, this object can be accomplished by providing a seat for an automobile comprising a back seat; a bottom seat; a pair of side brackets mounted on both sides of the bottom of said bottom seat, respectively; a pair of seat support-ing brackets spaced from each other and mounted on the bottom of the automobile; two pairs of legs pivotably arranged between said side brackets and said seat sup-porting brackets, said legs adapted to maintain a con-stant angle between said bottom seat and the bottom of ~8~3i3~5 the automobile and to shift the bottom seat by a cer-tain distance by the pivoting thereof; and a locking means including a pair of handles, a pair of wires, a pair of locking plates, a pair of locking links, and a pair of springs, said locking means adapted to actuate and prevent the pivoting of said legs.
The back seat can be shifted forwards and backwards, by means of two pairs of arms each pair arranged at each side of the seat. Each arm is mounted at one end there-of on the side brac~et and at the other end thereof on the lower end of the back seat. After the back seat is shifted, the bottom seat can be moved by being pushed backwards. At this time, an angle of the botto~ seat to the bottom of the automobile is varied, so that the passenger feels comfort.
The present invention may best be understood with reference to the following description taken in connec-tion with the appended drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is an exploded prospect view of a seat of the present invention;
3~i Fig. 2 is a side view of a seat of the present in-vention;
Fig. 3 is an explanation of the pivoting of leys;
Fig. 4 is a view showing a locking device in ac-cordance with the present invention; and Fig. 5 is an explanation of the mou~ting of arms;
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
. _ _ _ As shown in the drawings, a seat oE the present invention comprises a back seat 1 and a bottom seat 2.
To the bo-t-tom end of -the back seat 1, a knuckle ~ is attached. To the bottom surface of the bottom seat 2, a side bracket 5 is fixedly mounted. The back seat 1 is pivotly connected to the bottom sea~ 2 by means of arms 21 which are pivotly mounted between the knuckle 4 and the side bracket 5. Between the side bracket 5 mounted to the bottom seat 2 and a seat supporting bracket 7 fixed to the bottom o~ automobile, legs 9a and 9b are pivotly mounted, which have locking protru-sions 8a and 8b, respectively. At the bottom surface of the bottom seat 2, a locking shaft 11 is fixedly mounted. To the locking shaft 11, a locking plate 12 and a locking link 14 having a locking groove 13 are pivotly mounted. The locking plate 12 is also fixed to the locking link 14. To the upper and lower ends of the locking plate 12, wires 16a and 16b are connected, which are also connected to handles 15a and 15b, res-pectively.
The reference numeral 17 designates a locking re-lease lever, 18 a locking arm, 19 a shaft, 20 a locking pin, 22 a leak lining mechanism, 23 a wire lever, 24 a shaft,-25 a hook, 26 a spring holding hole, 27 a spring, . ~ .,, ,:
~36~3~5 and A to D bolts. And also reference numerals 3 and 6 designate bodies of the back seat 1 and the bottom seat 2, respectively.
The back seat 1 according to the present invention can be shifted forwards and backwards. When the shift of the back seat 3 is required, a passenger lifts the locking release lever 17 upwards, so that the locking arm 18 fixed to said locking release lever 17 pivots in counter-clockwise about the shaft 19, causing the lock-ing pin 20 to be released from the locking arm 18. In this state, as the passenger pushes the back seat 3 in the required direction, the back seat 3 is shifted to the required position by the linkage movement of the arm 21 connected by the knuckle 4 to said back seat.
After the back seat 3 is shifted to the required position, the passenger operates the leak linin~ mech-anism 22 positioned at the lower end of said back seat, in order to vary an angle between the back seat 3 and the bottom seat 6 into an angle at which the passenger feels most comfortable.
After the back seat 3 has been shifted as described hereinbe~ore, each seat is faced to the next seat. In this case, the space between seats faced to each other becomes short to cause the passengers to be discomfort.
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3~i To prevent such discomfort of the passengers, the bottom seat 6 will be moved backwards. In this movement of the bottom seat 6, an angle between the bottom seat 6 and the bottom surface of the automobile can be varied in accordance with the present invention. Even in the case when the back seat is shifted, therefore~ the bottom seat 6 can be adjusted to maintain a constant angle at which the passen~er feels comfort.
Now backward and forward directional movements of the bottom seat 6 will be described in detail.
In order to change the position of legs 9a and 9b from the condition shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, as a first step the locking device shown in FIG. 4 has to be operated. That is, the passenger firstly lifts the handle 15a upwards positioned at the bottom of the bottom seat 6. Thereby, the wire lever 23 fixed con-nected to the handle 15a pivots about the shaft 24 in clockwise, so that the wire 16a is pulled toward the left of FIG. 4. Accordingly, the wire 16a forces the locking plate 12 and the shaft 11 to pivot in clockwise, so that the locking link 14 fixed to said shaft 11 pivots in clockwise, thereby causing the locking protrusion 8b to be released from the locking ~roove 13. Thus, legs 9a and 9b can he pivoted freely.
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It should be noted that most constituting elements of the present invention, that is, the knuckle, the side bracket, the arms, the legs, and the locking lever are arranged both sides of the back seat or the bottom seat.
In the released condition of the lockiny device as above-mentioned, pushing the bottom seat 6 toward the direction "F" causes legs mounted between the side bracket 5 fixed to the bottom of the bottom seat 6 and the seat supporting bracket 7 by means of bolts A to D
to pivot about bolts A and B, respectively, in counter-clockwise by an angle ~. By such pivoting of legs 9a and 9b, the side bracket 5, and thus, the bottom seat 6 are shifted horizontally by a distance "Q".
Before the bottom seat 6 is shifted, the front level of the bottom seat 6 is higher than the rear level thereof (for example, by an angle ~), so that the pas-sanger can feel comfortable. And also, after the bottom seat 6 is shifted, the front level of the bottom seat is higher than the rear level thereof (for example, by an angle ~), so that the passenger can always feel com-fortable.
After legs 9a and 9b pivot by an angle ~, locking protrusions 8a and 8b of said legs are moved from T to T' and from S to S', respectively. That is, although ' " -, ~8~33~S
the protrusion 8b is engaged in the locking groove 13 of the locking link 14 before the bottom seat 6 is shifted, said protrusion 8b is moved to the position s', and said protrusion 8a is moved to the position T' and newly engaged in the locking groove 13 of the locking link 14. This engagement is accomplished by the res-toring spring force of the spring 27 which is connected at one end thereof to a hook 25 formed on the side bracket 5 and at the other end thereof to a hole 26 formed on the middle of the locking link 14.
On the other hand, when the bottom seat 6 is re-quired to be shifted reversely, the passenger firstly lifts the handle 15b upwards. Thereby, the wire 16b is pulled toward the right of FIG. 4. Accordingly, the wire 16b forces the locking link 14 to pivot about the shaft ll in clockwise, so that the locking protru-sion 8a can be disengaged from the locking groove 13.
In this condition t pushing the bottom seat 6 toward the direction opposite to the direction "F" causes legs 9a and 9b to pivot about bolts ~ and B, and the bottom seat 6 to be shifted, by the distance "Q", towards the right of FIG. 4. At this time, the bottom seat 2 maintain an angle ~, to the bottom of the automobile, so that the locking protusion 8b can be engaged in the locking groove of the locking link 14, thereby con-straining the side bracket 5 to move right and left.
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As appaxent from the above description, the seat of the present inventlon enables the backward and for-ward shifts of the back seat. And also, the bottom seat can be shifted by a certain distance by pivoting legs and maintain a certain angle to the bottom of the automobile, so that the passenger can always feel com-fortable, without any demage of the mat on the bottom of the automobile.
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Claims (12)
1. An adjustable seat for a vehicle comprising:
a seat back;
a seat bottom;
the seat back being coupled to a device for adjusting the forward or backward position of the adjustable seat;
means for adjusting the angle of the seat back to the seat bottom, the means for adjusting being coupled to the seat back;
and the seat bottom including means for moving the seat bottom forwards and backwards and adjusting the angle of the seat bottom with respect to a floor of the vehicle, the means for moving the seat bottom forward and backward including a pair of side brackets secured to a bottom of the seat bottom, a pair of seat support brackets secured to a floor of the vehicle, and two sets of legs, each set of legs including a pair of legs that are pivotally connected to a separate side bracket and support bracket, the legs being pivotal from a first position to a second position, at least one pair of legs including a pin on each of the legs, the seat bottom further including means for removably securing the legs in the first or second position, the means for removably securing including at least one handle secured to a connecting member, the connecting member being secured to a locking member for receiving a pin on the legs, the locking member being coupled to a spring so as to be biased against the pin, the handle cooperating with the connecting member to cause the locking member to release the pin.
a seat back;
a seat bottom;
the seat back being coupled to a device for adjusting the forward or backward position of the adjustable seat;
means for adjusting the angle of the seat back to the seat bottom, the means for adjusting being coupled to the seat back;
and the seat bottom including means for moving the seat bottom forwards and backwards and adjusting the angle of the seat bottom with respect to a floor of the vehicle, the means for moving the seat bottom forward and backward including a pair of side brackets secured to a bottom of the seat bottom, a pair of seat support brackets secured to a floor of the vehicle, and two sets of legs, each set of legs including a pair of legs that are pivotally connected to a separate side bracket and support bracket, the legs being pivotal from a first position to a second position, at least one pair of legs including a pin on each of the legs, the seat bottom further including means for removably securing the legs in the first or second position, the means for removably securing including at least one handle secured to a connecting member, the connecting member being secured to a locking member for receiving a pin on the legs, the locking member being coupled to a spring so as to be biased against the pin, the handle cooperating with the connecting member to cause the locking member to release the pin.
2. The seat of claim 1 wherein the means for moving the seat back forward or backward includes a knuckle secured to an end of the seat back, a pair of arms pivotably connected at one end to the knuckle and at a second end to a bracket secured to the seat bottom, and a locking release lever coupled to the seat back for locking the arms in position.
3. The seat of claim 1 wherein the means for adjusting the angle of the seat back with respect to the seat bottom includes a seat reclining mechanism secured to an end of the seat back.
4. The seat of claim 1 wherein the means for moving the seat back forward or backward includes a pair of knuckles secured on opposite sides of the seat, two sets of arms pivotally connected at a second end thereof to one of two brackets secured on opposite sides of the seat bottom, and means for removably securing the seat back in a forward or backward position coupled to the seat back.
5. The seat of claim 1 wherein the means for removably securing includes two handles.
6. The seat of claim 1 wherein the legs have a trapezoidal shape.
7. The seat of claim 1 wherein said adjustable seat is reversible.
8. A seat for a vehicle comprising a seat back;
a seat bottom;
a pair of side brackets mounted on either side of a bottom of the seat bottom;
two pairs of arms, each mounted at one end thereof to a side bracket and at another end thereof to a lower end portion of the seat back and so constructed and arranged to permit shifting of the seat back forwards and backwards;
a pair of seat-supporting brackets spaced from each other and arranged to be mounted on a floor of the vehicle; and two pairs of legs pivotably arranged between the said side brackets and the seat-supporting brackets, the legs being so constructed and arranged to maintain a constant angle between the seat bottom and the seat-supporting brackets and to permit the seat bottom to move through a certain distance by the pivoting thereof.
a seat bottom;
a pair of side brackets mounted on either side of a bottom of the seat bottom;
two pairs of arms, each mounted at one end thereof to a side bracket and at another end thereof to a lower end portion of the seat back and so constructed and arranged to permit shifting of the seat back forwards and backwards;
a pair of seat-supporting brackets spaced from each other and arranged to be mounted on a floor of the vehicle; and two pairs of legs pivotably arranged between the said side brackets and the seat-supporting brackets, the legs being so constructed and arranged to maintain a constant angle between the seat bottom and the seat-supporting brackets and to permit the seat bottom to move through a certain distance by the pivoting thereof.
9. The seat of claim 8, including a locking means coupled to the seat bottom, the locking means including a pair of handles, each handle being connected to a locking link, and a pair of springs, each spring being connected to one of the locking links, the locking means being so constructed and arranged to either permit or prevent the pivoting of the legs.
10. The seat of claim 8 wherein the seat is reversible.
11. A vehicle including a reversible seat, the seat comprising:
a seat back;
a seat bottom;
a pair of side brackets mounted on either side of a bottom of the seat bottom;
two pairs of arms, each mounted at one end thereof to a lower end portion of the seat back and so constructed and arranged to permit shifting of the seat back forwards and backwards;
a pair of seat-supporting brackets spaced from each other and arranged to be mounted on a floor of the vehicle; and two pairs of legs pivotably arranged between the said side brackets and the seat-supporting brackets, the legs being so constructed and arranged to maintain a constant angle between the seat bottom and the seat-supporting brackets and to permit the seat bottom to move through a certain distance by the pivoting thereof.
a seat back;
a seat bottom;
a pair of side brackets mounted on either side of a bottom of the seat bottom;
two pairs of arms, each mounted at one end thereof to a lower end portion of the seat back and so constructed and arranged to permit shifting of the seat back forwards and backwards;
a pair of seat-supporting brackets spaced from each other and arranged to be mounted on a floor of the vehicle; and two pairs of legs pivotably arranged between the said side brackets and the seat-supporting brackets, the legs being so constructed and arranged to maintain a constant angle between the seat bottom and the seat-supporting brackets and to permit the seat bottom to move through a certain distance by the pivoting thereof.
12. The vehicle of claim 11 wherein the seat includes a locking means coupled to the seat bottom including a pair of handles, each handle being coupled to a wire, the wires each being coupled to a locking plate, each locking plate being coupled to a locking link, and a pair of springs, each spring being connected to one of the locking links, the locking means being so constructed and arranged to permit and prevent the pivoting of the legs.
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