Retractable seat

• US 4,009,903 A
• Filed: 06/22/1972
• Issued: 03/01/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert O. Manspeaker
• Original Assignee: Robert O. Manspeaker
• Inventors: Manspeaker, Robert O.
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Application Number:
  US05/265,172
• Time in Patent Office: 1,713 Days
• Field of Search: 297/14, 297/331, 297/332, 297/147, 248/240.2, 248/240.1, 108/48, 108/34, 108/38, 108/40, 108/39
• US Class Current: 297/14
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 4/06 Attachment of upholstery or fabric to frames in general A47C31/02

Abstract

A seat for movement from an open, usable position to a closed, stored position including a stationary frame mounted on a vertical support and a movable seat assembly having bearings to coact with the stationary frame and having foldable legs that rest on a horizontal support when the seat assembly is in the open position.

Claims

1. A retractable seat for movement between an open position and a closed, compact and out of the way position, said retractable seat comprising frame means for attachment to a vertical support, said frame means including first and second vertical members defining first and second vertical tracks, first and second bearing means respectively movably contacting said first and second vertical tracks, first and second arm means respectively attached to said first and second bearing means, a seat member attached to said first and second arm means, leg means pivotally attached to said first and second arm means and adapted to rest on a horizontal support when said retractable seat is in said open position;

said first and second arm means with said seat member attached thereto and with said leg means pivoted into a substantially parallel and nesting relationship therewith being retractable from said open position to said closed position with said seat member being substantially flat against and parallel with the vertical support;

said frame means including a top member, a bottom member and said first and second vertical members defining an open-centered rectangle, each of said first and second vertical members including a front member, a rear member and a side member defining a channel opening towards the center of said frame means and said front and rear members defining first and second vertical tracks, each of said first and second arm means including a top member and a side member defining a right angle opening towards the center of said frame means, and said first and second arm means with said leg means pivoted into said right angle substantially parallel to and nesting within said first and second arm means being retractable into said open-centered rectangle of said frame means by downward pivoting action and upward sliding action at said bearing means and said first and second vertical track means of said frame means.

2. The retractable seat of claim 1 in which said side members of said first and second arm means include catch means to coact with said front members of said first and second vertical track means when said retractable seat is in said closed position for substantially holding said first and second arm means with said seat means attached thereto in said closed position.

3. The retractable seat in claim 1 in which said first arm means includes stop means to coact with said leg means for restricting pivoting movement of said leg means to 90°

relative to said first and second arm means.

4. In combination with a wall member and a floor member, a retractable seat for movement between an open position and a closed, compact and out of the way position, said retractable seat means including a top member, a bottom member, and first and second vertical members defining an open-centered rectangular frame means, each of said first and second vertical members of said frame means including a front member, a rear member, and a side member defining a channel opening towards the center of said frame means, said front and rear members defining first and second vertical tracks, first and second bearing means mounted on said first and second track means of said first and second vertical members of said frame means and including neoprene plastic for substantially friction-free movement thereon, first and second arm means attached respectively to said first and second bearing means and including top and side member defining a right angle opening toward the center of said open-centered rectangle of said frame means, a seat member attached to said first and second arm means and including a face portion, said face portion being outwardly disposed when said retractable seat is in a closed position substantially parallel with said wall member and upwardly disposed when said retractable seat is in an open position substantially parallel with said floor member, a leg means pivotally attached to said first and second arm means and resting on said floor member when said retractable seat is in said open position, and said first and second arm means with said seat means attached thereto and with said leg means pivoted into said right angle substantially parallel to and nesting within said first and second arm means being retractable into said open-centered rectangle of said frame means by downward pivoting action and upward sliding action at said first and second bearing means and said vertical track means of said frame means.

5. The retractable seat of claim 4 in which said side members of said first and second arm means include catch means to coact with said front members of said first and second vertical track means when said retractable seat is in said closed position for substantially holding said first and second arm means with said seat means attached thereto in said closed position.

6. The retractable seat of claim 4 in which said first arm means includes stop means to coact with said leg means for restricting pivoting movement of said leg means to 90°

relative to said first and second arm means.