Car-seat.
A seat in a railway-car.
The back is usually reversible, so as to adapt it for passengers in either direction of motion of the car, the preference being to “face the horses,” as it is called.
The facility for reversing is, moreover, useful in throwing two seats into a “section” for a party.
Car-seats are also made reclining, for night travel; such are termed “sleeping-chairs.”
The occupant of the chair can adjust the back to any desired angle by means of a hand-lever
c, which, on being released, allows the pawl
C to drop into the nearest notch in the plate
D, and hold the seat stationarily in the desired position.
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Redining car-seat. |
For this purpose, back, seat, and arm are pivoted together, the stationary point on which they oscillate being at the apex of the A — shaped support.
As the seat slides to the rear, the back reclines, and the legboard is projected in front.
Other car-
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seats are capable, by addition of parts, of being transformed into couches.
