Requirements for Unity of Application - Japan Patent Office

[Example 21]
[Title of the Invention]
Folding seat for a vehicle and a vehicle for both passengers and goods with the folding seat.
[Claims]
1. A folding seat for a vehicle, wherein a seatback (1) foldable forward is attached to the top
face of a seat cushion (2); wherein the first leg (8) supporting a seat cushion (2) which can
be turned and moved laterally (21) and can be slid back and forth (11,12) is attached to the
side portion of the reverse face of this seat cushion (2); and wherein the second leg (24),
which is free in folding and supporting a seat cushion (2) when someone is seated, is attached
to the other side portion of the reverse face of the seat cushion (2). (See Figure 1.)
2. A vehicle for both passenger and goods with a folding seat: whereby two rows of seats
consisting of the second seat (42) and the third seat (50) in which a seat back (1, 43), which
can be folded forward, is fixed on the top face of a seat cushion (2, 44) and is attached to the
luggage compartment (40) in the rear of the driver’s seat; wherein an entrance for getting in
and out (48) is installed in the lateral direction of the second seat (42); wherein a rear wheel
house (39) is attached to the rear of the third seat (50); wherein said third seat (50) is
separated right and left into two parts (51, 52); wherein the first leg (8) supporting a seat
cushion (2), which can be turned and moved in the direction of a car body panel and can be
slid (11, 12) in the direction of a rear wheel house (39), is attached to a side portion of the
reverse face of a seat cushion (2) of the part (52), on the side of the entrance for getting in
and out (48), of the third seat; and wherein the second leg (24) which is free in folding and
supporting a seat cushion (2) when someone is seated is attached to the other side portion of
the reverse face. (See Figure 2 and 3)
[Excerpt from Detailed Description of the Invention and Drawings]
This invention relates to folding seats and a vehicle, e.g. a station wagon or a van for both
passengers and goods, which includes these folding seats.
Though it was publicly known that this type of vehicle has a seat back which can be folded
forward on the top face of a seat cushion and which can turn and move the seat back forward,
this type of vehicle had some disadvantages: it did not provide much room for luggage in the
back and front, it was difficult to get in and out of, etc.
Figure 1
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