A seat recline system comprising: one or more seat legs (20a, 20b) to which a seat (1) comprising a seat pan (10) and a seat back (12) moveable relative to the seat pan, can be mounted, in use; and, for each of the one or more seat legs: a recline arm (30) having a first end (32) pivotally mounted to the seat leg and arranged to be fixedly mounted to a first mounting point of the seat body, in use, and a second end (34) arranged to be fixedly mounted to a second mounting point of the seat back, in use, the seat arm further comprising one or more detents (36) formed on an inner side of the arm intermediate the first end and the second end; a seat pan mount (40) having a first end attached to the seat pan and a second end located between the recline arm (30) and the seat leg (20a, 20b), the seat pan mount fixedly attached at the second end to the leg, and wherein the recline arm (30) is free to pivot about the first mounting point relative to the seat pan mount (40), wherein the seat pan mount (40) has a hole (44) therethrough arranged to align with the one or more detents (36) in the recline arm (30) at predetermined pivot positions of the recline arm relative to the seat pan mount; and a locking system (50) comprising a locking pin (51) and a lever (52) arranged to move the locking pin (51) relative to the hole (44) in the seat pan mount, between a locking position in which the locking pin extends through the hole to engage in a detent (36) of the one or more detents when a detent aligns with the hole, and a release position in which the locking pin does not extend through the hole (44).
SEAT RECLINE SYSTEM
SITZVERSTELLSYSTEM
SYSTÈME D'INCLINAISON DE SIÈGE
2025-07-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English