Rearward facing collapsible vehicle back seat

Claim 1

A rear facing vehicle back seat construction including a cavity in the floor of the vehicle having side walls provided with pivot bearings on a common transverse axis, and comprising a seat section and a back section which are arranged to pivot independently from an operative position to an out-of-use position in said cavity, a generally U-shaped frame which supports said back section and has limbs extending along and beyond opposite sides of said back section and said seat section; said limbs having, as seen in the operative position, upright upper portions defining a first plane and lower portions lying in a second plane which is substantially in parallel but offset from said first plane and connected to said upper portion by a substantially horizontal portion arranged to lie roughly on a level with the elbows of an occupant of the seat, the bottom ends of said lower portions of the limbs being mounted in said pivot bearings in said cavity, said seat section also being pivotally mounted on the transverse axis between a seat center and a seat edge disposed adjacent to the back section, said seat section abutting with said edge the bottom of the back section in the operative position, said back section forming a load-carrying surface by covering said cavity in said out-of-use position.