A bucket sports seat of disclosed in DE 42 32 364 C2 consists of a one-piece, shape-rigid load-bearing shell that is contoured to the human body and into which elastic upholstered elements are inserted. Such a bucket sports seat has been highly successful in its application in both street traffic 25
and in racing sports, since both the legs and the upper torso, in particular the buttocks region of a vehicle occupant, enjoy optimal bilateral support
In two door passenger cars provided with a rear seat arrangement, however it is very difficult or even impossible to 30 get into and out of the rear seat arrangement when it is constructed as a bucket sports seat.
An object of the present invention is to provide a light weight bucket sports seat such that, while retaining optimal lateral support for the seat occupant, access to the rear seat 35 arrangement of a vehicle is guaranteed with minimum complexity in design. The present invention achieves this objective by providing that the seat section and the backrest section are each assigned
one separately fabricated load-bearing shell. A detachable 40 locking mechanism is provided as a transaction region between the backrest section and the seat section. Among the advantages that are targeted chiefly with the present invention lie in the fact the invention provides a light weight bucket sports seat, of which the backrest section can 45 be moved forward into a swung-down position by unlocking a locking mechanism. In the swung-down position, the rear
seat arrangement of the vehicle is easily accessible. When the backrest is swung back into the upright position of normal use, the conditions for a bilateral optimal side support in the 50 leg and upper torso region and especially in the buttocks region when the vehicle is rumling are met.