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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1993
Thomas R Kemppainen, Hastings, MI (US);
Kristen M Sigourney, Galesburg, MI (US);
Melvin J Guiles, Casnovia, MI (US);
Masanori Karita, Tokyo, JP;
Interkal, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A seating system capable of being put into a variety of configurations which include wheelchair locations. The seating arrangement is made up of two-chair and three-chair units in which at least one fixed chair is included within each unit. Stowable chairs are attached by hinges to the fixed chairs and can be moved from stowed positions behind the fixed chairs to use positions between the fixed chairs. Latches are used to hold the stowable and fixed chairs in a row while in their use positions. Hinges allow planar horizontal rotation of the stowable chairs to their stowed positions.