Lightweight vehicle passenger seat assemblies

A vehicle passenger seat comprising:

• a seat back having a lumbar support region and an upper region above the lumbar support region which is capable of being resiliently flexed between upright and rearwardly inclined positions;
• a seat bottom,
• a support base supporting the seat back and seat bottom,
• a pair upright support members connected to the support base and extending upwardly adjacent a respective lateral side of the seat back,
• a pair of generally U-shaped mounting clips which respectively interconnect the upright support members to the seat back at opposed sides thereof adjacent the lumbar region of the seat back.

A vehicle passenger seat comprising:

• a seat back;
• and
• a seat bottom,
• a support base for supporting the seat back and seat bottom, the support base comprising an upright front support leg having upper and lower ends and an arcuate rear support having upper and lower ends, wherein the lower end of the front support leg is connected to the lower end of the arcuate rear support, wherein
• the support base comprises a cross-support spanning a distance between and interconnecting the upper ends of the front support leg and the arcuate rear support, and wherein
• the seat bottom comprises:
• (i) a basin having a bottom wall and opposed forward and rearward end walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall to define therebetween a recessed central interior space;
• (ii) a plurality of straps having opposed ends connected to respective upper edge regions of the forward and rearward end walls so as to be positioned under tension over the recessed central interior space;
• and
• (iii) a cover cushion covering the straps and connected to the basin.