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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2000
Armin Kienzle, Rottenburg, DE;
Christian Wobst, Horb, DE;
DaimlerChrysler A.G., Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A rear seat arrangement for vehicles is provided. The rear seat includes a backrest which bears at least one head restraint and can be folded about a pivot spindle secured on the vehicle, and having a seat part which can be pivoted about a multi-joint hinge secured on the seat and on the vehicle, in which arrangement, in order to enlarge the luggage compartment lying behind it, the seat part is pivoted upright onto the front seat arrangement and the backrest is pivoted into the space released by the seat part. In order to avoid the head restraints wearing out when folding over the rear seat arrangement, the at least one head restraint is arranged on the backrest in a manner which allows it to pivot away to the rear, the seat part is graduated towards the front end on its underside, and the multi-joint hinge is designed as a seven-joint hinge in such a manner that the seat part, when pivoted, is raised sufficiently far vertically that the head restraint, which is pivoted away approximately at right angles with respect to the rear side of the backrest, enters into the front graduation on the seat underside and is largely flush with the contour of the seat underside.