Auto arm rest

Claim 1

A unitary, collapsible arm rest attachment for engagement on the floor of a vehicle between laterally spaced opposing inner sides of a pair of separate and independent forwardly disposed armless seat units secured to said floor and each including a seat with a top surface spaced above the floor and a back rest with a front surfaced projecting upwardly from the rear side of said top surface, said arm rest including a sectional, normally substantially rectangular frame arranged substantially Rectangular frame arranged substantially parallel with and in spaced relationship between said inner sides of the seat units and including a lower, horizontal forwardly and rearwardly extending lower floor engaging rail, a vertical rear leg joined integrally with and projecting upwardly from the rear end of the lower rail, an elongate upper rail with a normally horizontal front portion and a downwardly and rearwardly extending rear portion, first hinge means connecting the rear end of the upper rail to the upper end of the rear leg, a normally vertical front leg comprising upper and lower sections, second hinge means connecting the upper end of the upper section to the front end of the upper rail, third hinge means connecting the lower and upper ends of the upper and lower sections together, a receiver at the forward end of the lower rail normally receiving and releasably holding the lower end of lower section, an elongate arm rest secured to the top of the front portion of the upper rail and having a top rest surface normally spaced above the planes of the tops of the seats and extend forwardly from between the back rests and mounting means releasably securing the lower rail to the floor, the axis of the first hinge means is spaced downwardly and rearwardly from the arm rest and from the planes of the top and front surfaces of the seat units, the vertical extent of the frame is greater than its fore and aft longitudinal extent of the frame and the longitudinal extent of the sections of the front leg are less than the longitudinal extent of the frame.