Vehicle seats

Claim 1

In a vehicle seat, especially for airplanes and omnibusses, having at least one arm rest formed generally as a box beam support, said arm rest having opposing side walls and a front terminal section, a closure member covering at least the front terminal section of the arm rest, said closure member having an opening therethrough, a control device arranged in said front terminal section, means for rotatably mounting said control device about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the arm rest from a non-use position wherein the control device lies inside the arm rest and closes the opening of said closure member, through said opening and into a use position and back, the improvement comprising a guide affixed to the inside of each side wall of the arm rest adjacent the front terminal section thereof, said means for rotatably mounting the control device including aligned mounting bores in each guide and side wall and resiliently biased pins mounted on said control device for rotatably engaging in said mounting bores, further comprising at least one resiliently biased detent pin provided on said control device, at least one of said guides having detention point means for engaging said detent pin and arresting said control device into its use position, said opening in the closure member being of a size to permit the control device to pass completely therethrough.