Double folding seat for a vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to a double folding seat for a vehicle, particularly a public transportation vehicle such as a bus or a train, with a bench seat positioned in the direction of travel of the vehicle that has a backrest and a seating surface that can be folded between a home position and a sitting position, with a retaining device for holding a wheelchair or the like that has at least two hooks arranged in extension of the backrest and mounted on a wall supported on a floor of the vehicle, which hooks can be tightened by means of respective tightening members and loosened by respective loosening members, with a safety belt for the wheelchair user and with a covering for the tightening members and loosening members.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention relates to a double folding seat for a vehicle, particularly a means of public transportation such as a bus or a train.[0002]A wide variety of devices are known from the general prior art for securing wheelchairs within means of public transportation, particularly in busses. The drawback of such devices is that they are difficult to handle, require a relatively large amount of space and, particularly, the fact that the seats associated with these devices usually cannot be used by people when the device is not accommodating a wheelchair.[0003]It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a double folding seat for a vehicle, particularly a means of public transportation such as a bus or a train, which is easy to handle and particularly only requires a very small amount of space when not in use.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0004]This object is achieved according to the invention by a double folding seat for a vehicle, particula...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]Using the tightening means and loosening means, the hooks holding the wheelchair can very easily be locked in order to secure the wheelchair to the wall on which the hooks are mounted. Together with the covering for the tightening means and loosening means, this results in a fully integrated anchoring system for a wheelchair in a vehicle. Since the bench seat has a foldable seating surface, it can, when no wheelchair is fixed to the wall, be brought into the horizontal position in order to provide seating for two people. However, if a wheelchair is to be fixed to the wall, then the seating surface can be brought into the vertical position in order to provide space for the wheelchair. An advantage of the wall attached to the floor is that, in principle, the double folding seat can be mounted anywhere in the vehicle, independently of whether there is a window in the area or not. The safety belt is embodied as a three-point safety belt for the wheelchair user and therefore offers them sufficient safety in the event of a collision.

[0006]The covering for the tightening means and loosening means prevents soiling of the tightening means and loosening means and also serves to protect the passengers from possible injury from the tightening means and loosening means. Simple operation of the tightening means can be achieved by providing the tightening means with a ratchet. Moreover, the hooks mounted on the wall can be mounted on and removed from the wall by means of respective tethers. In this case, the ratchet can engage on the respective tether in order to thus fix the tether and hence the hooks in their position. Independent tightening of the hooks is achieved if the tightening means have a spring pulling the hook toward the wall.

[0007]The

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The drawback of such devices is that they are difficult to handle, require a relatively large amount of space and, particularly, the

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