MY130340A - Foldable seat - Google Patents

Abstract

A FOLDABLE SEAT MOUNTED ON FLOOR OR A BASE OF A VEHICLE SO THAT SUBSTANTIAL OF THE SEAT OCCUPIED SPACE COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR WHEELCHAIR OR CARGO WHEN THE SEAT IS FOLDED TO STOWED POSITION. THE SEAT IS READILY FOLDABLE AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED IN STOWED POSITION ONTO ONE SIDE OF THE SEAT UPON ONE SINGLE LEVER ACTUATION. TO RETURN THE ORIGINAL SEAT POSITION, THE OPERATOR COULD RELEASE THE LOCKED STOWED POSITION BY SIMPLY PULLING THE LOCKING PIN TO UNLOCK THE STOWED POSITION AND AT THE SAME TIME PULLS THE SEATBASE TO ROTATE BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL UNFOLDED HORIZONTAL POSITION. THE FOLDABLE SEAT BASICALLY COMPRISES OF A SEATBASE FRAME PIVOTED AT ONE END TO A BASE MOUNTED STRUCTURAL FRAME LEAVING THE OTHER END A FREE END SO THAT THE SEATBASE COULD ROTATE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS BETWEEN A HORIZOTAL DEPLOYED POSITION AND A VERTICAL STOWED POSITION; A FRAME SUPPORT MEMBER IN A U-SHAPED FROM HAVING BOTH ENDS PIVOTED TO THE FREE END OF THE SEATBASE IS PROVIDED TO SUPPORT THE SEATBASE AT HORIZONTAL SEATING POSITION; A LINK MEMBER HAS ONE END PIVOTED TO THE PIVOTED TO THE U-SHAPE SUPPORT MEMBER AND THE OTHER END PIVOTED TO A BRACKET WELDED ON THE BASE PLATE OF THE STRUCTURAL FRAME TO FACILITATE FOLDING OF THE FOLDABLE SEAT; AT LEAST ONE LOCKING MECHANISMS TO AUTOMATICALLY LOCK THE FOLDABLE SEAT IN BOTH SEATING POSITIONS AND STOWED POSITION RESPECTIVELY; A SEATBACK PIVOTED AGAINST A PAIR OF SIDE PLATES MOUNTED TO BOTH SIDES OF SAID SEATBASE SO AS THE SEATBACK COULD ROTATE ON PIVOTAL AXIS BETWEEN A SEATING POSITION AND A FOLDED POSITION.