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Passenger seat

  • US 5,628,547 A
  • Filed: 08/11/1994
  • Issued: 05/13/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicle seat comprising:

  • a base frame;

    a seat pan having an upper surface with a front edge and a rear edge;

    seat pan mounting means for supporting the seat pan on the base frame and for permitting change of the orientation of the upper surface of the seat pan between a normal substantially horizontal position and a tilted position in which the front edge of the seat pan is lower than the rear edge of the seat pan;

    a seat back having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being mounted on the base frame for angular movement between a substantially upright position and a reclined position without changing the orientation of the seat pan, the second portion having an outer surface supported on the first portion by second portion mounting means which permits change of the orientation of the outer surface between;

    i) an erect position, in which the outer surface of the second portion is substantially parallel to the first portion, andii) a reclined position, in which the outer surface of the second portion is substantially coplanar with the upper surface of the seat pan, when the first portion is in the reclined position and the seat pan is in the tilted position.

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