Reclining seat for railway carriage - has seat back mounted on forward sliding pivot for compact movement within compartment

摘要

The back of the reclining seat has its pivot point (9) at the end of a simple parallelogram with one lever (10) hinged on the seat support frame. The other lever (8) has its free end guided in a profiled slot (13) under the seat frame. The seat back slides down the wall of the train compartment while the seat squab slides forward. The reclining action of the seat can be performed in the confined space of the compartment.