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(11) | EP 1 452 388 A8 |
(12) | CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Retractable seats |
(57) A retractable seat to be attached to a floor (F) may include a seat cushion (10),
a seat back (20) rotatably supported on the seat cushion, and a link mechanism for
supporting the seat cushion on the floor. The link mechanism includes a front leg
(40) and a rear leg (60) that are pivotally connected to the seat cushion and the
floor so that the seat can be switched between a use condition and a retracted condition.
The front (40) and rear (60) legs respectively have a different link length so as
to produce a difference between a rotating range of the front leg and a rotating range
of the rear leg. The seat may further include a compensation mechanism (64) for compensating
for the difference between the rotating ranges of the front (40) and rear (60) legs
within an operating range of the link mechanism. |