Folding seat

A folding seat is a seat for people, which is folded away when not in use, so as to create more space for other needs, such as standing room or another ( eg in trains as a parking for wheelchairs, prams, bicycles, etc.).

It mostly concerns with folding seats temporary seats.

Use

Folding seats in

• Buildings (eg stadiums, arenas, theaters, cinemas, auditoriums, churches ( choir stalls ), broadcasting studios, lifts, showers, etc. ) or in
• Vehicles ( buses, trains (locomotives, cab tender), U -Bahn, labor and construction equipment, trucks, cars, ambulances, Tank (eg M47 ), etc. ) or
• Commercial aircraft, transport aircraft, etc.

Be used. Folding seats usually facilitate the passage and the entry and exit when they are not used.

Add car folding seats usually offer additional seating and are also often referred to as a jump seat. Seats in the car that can be folded away when needed to the front and / or sunk, mostly in the rear ( trunk) to achieve more storage area are also referred to as folding seats.

In airplanes folding seats are sometimes referred to as a jump seat.

Folding seats can be used in different versions and combinations, such as:

• Single seat with or without backrest
• Single seat with or without arm rests
• Folding seat for flush wall mounting
• Folding bench seat.

The seat can be classic wooden or plastic or upholstered ( eg with synthetic leather, genuine leather or textiles) or as metal to be executed ( eg as wire mesh ).

Examples

A designed by Raymond Loewy folding seat for a sleeping compartment. The folding seat could be stowed under the beds.

Folding seats ( folding seats) in the London Underground

Folding benches in a transport aircraft Antonov An-26

Demarcation

The folding seat is different from the deck chair by the fixed attachment of the folding seat to a wall or a floor. The folding chair is freestanding and can be moved individually without solution of glands.