US Patent 10486814 Vehicle passenger seat with rest configuration

A seat, including a seat bottom for which a seat frame is supported by a base, and a seat back, the seat including a “seated” position, a “lying” position and an intermediate “resting” position. A seat plate can be moved in rotation around a rear axis located at the side of a rear edge of the seat, the seat plate being movable in rotation around a tilting axis in front of the rear axis, the seat frame is moved forward during conversion from the “seated” position to the “lying” position.