Vehicle seat back provided with a television monitor, and a vehicle seat including such a seat back

Abstract

A vehicle seat back provided with a television monitor mounted to pivot about an axis that is fixed relative to the seat back through an angular range of not less than 180° between firstly a folded-away position in which the monitor is received in the setback, the viewing screen of the monitor being disposed facing the rear face of the seat back, and secondly an in-use position in which the viewing screen is designed to face a user disposed facing the rear face of the seat back.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A vehicle seat back having a front face and a rear face provided with a setback for receiving a television monitor having a viewing screen, said rear face further being provided with a table mounted to pivot between a closed position and a deployed position, wherein the television monitor is mounted to pivot about an axis that is fixed relative to the seat back through an angular range of not less than 180° between firstly a folded-away position in which said monitor is received in the setback, the viewing screen being disposed facing the rear face of said seat back, and secondly an in-use position in which the viewing screen is designed to face a user disposed facing said rear face of the seat back.  
     
     
         2 . A seat back according to  claim 1 , in which the angular range through which the table pivots between the closed position and the deployed position is not less than 180°.  
     
     
         3 . A seat back according to  claim 2 , provided with angular indexing means adapted to enable the table to be held in predetermined angular positions relative to the closed position.  
     
     
         4 . A seat back according to  claim 3 , in which the predetermined angular positions of the table relative to the closed position are substantially equal to 15°, 90°, 135°, and 180°.  
     
     
         5 . A seat back according to  claim 1 , in which the television monitor is pivotally mounted directly on a module mounted in fixed manner in the setback provided in the rear face of the seat back, the module being provided with a recess serving to receive the television monitor when it is in the folded-away position.  
     
     
         6 . A seat back according to  claim 5 , in which the module is also equipped with a camera adapted to film a zone facing the rear face of the seat back, the camera being disposed so that the field of vision of the camera is not obstructed by the television monitor when said monitor is in the folded-away position and is not obstructed by the monitor when it is in the in-use position.  
     
     
         7 . A seat back according to  claim 5 , in which the module is provided with lighting means for lighting a zone facing the rear face of the seat back.  
     
     
         8 . A seat back according to  claim 5 , in which the table is pivotally mounted on a bottom portion of the module.  
     
     
         9 . A seat back according to  claim 1 , in which said seat back extends between a bottom end and a top end, and, when in the in-use position, the television monitor extends beyond the top end of the seat back.  
     
     
         10 . A motor vehicle seat comprising a seat proper pivotally receiving a seat back according to  claim 1.