folding seat
A folding seat is a seat that folds away so as to occupy less space. When installed on a transit bus, it makes room for a wheelchair or two. When installed on a passenger car, it provides extra seating. • Illustration — Standard folding stadium seats (FCB in red and silver colors) in the National Stadium, Warsaw In churches, it may have a projection called a misericord, which offers some support to a person standing in front when the seat is folded.
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Folding seats may also be found in stadiums, arenas, theaters, lecture halls and auditoriums to facilitate entry and exit. Some folding seats in rapid transit may fold-down rather than fold up. In passenger aircraft, folding seats called jump seat, are used for cabin crew during start and landing.
• Illustration — Folding seats on the London Underground 1995 Stock • Illustration — Folding seat (foldaway bench) in a passenger car of the Odakyu 3000 series • Illustration — Folding seat in a corridor in NÄL hospital, Sweden • Illustration — Main auditorium, Columbia City Cinema, Seattle, US • Illustration — Folding seat on Awa Maru ordinary cabin • Illustration — Folding seat controls • Illustration — Folding seats in the Kauffman Stadium
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- 2.Schleicher, Bearbeitet von Torsten. Warum die Mönche in der Kirche die Klappe halten mussten. mainpost.de. 2019-12-03.
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- 5.Predikant, Heike. "Halt die Klappe!": Was hat es mit diesem Spruch auf sich?. https://www.prosieben.de. 2020-04-07.
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