Retention device for vehicle seat
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJames Hugh Fowler, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Kevin Wayne Preuss
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a seating assembly attached to a vehicle interior. A seat is rotationally operable relative to a seatback. A retention device is selectively positionable in a stored position or a cargo storage position and extends between the seatback and a floor area disposed adjacent to the seating assembly. The seat is selectively positionable in a seating position or a stadium position. The retention device in the cargo storage position, the seat in the stadium position, and a floor at least partially define an enclosure configured to secure cargo to the floor and the seat.
Claims18
A vehicle comprising:
- a floor:
- a seating assembly attached to a vehicle interior and including:
- a seat that is rotationally operable relative to a seatback;
- and
- a retention device comprising a strap secured to a retraction mechanism, wherein the retraction mechanism is disposed in one of the seating assembly and the floor, and the strap is configured to connect to the other of the seating assembly and the floor in a cargo storage position via an attachment piece connecting to a lock mechanism, the retention device selectively positionable in a stored position or the cargo storage position and extending between the seatback and the floor disposed adjacent to the seating assembly, wherein the seat is selectively positionable forward of the seatback in a seating position or a stadium position, and wherein the retention device in the cargo storage position, the seat in the stadium position, and the floor at least partially define an enclosure forward of the seatback configured to secure cargo to the floor and the seat.
A seating assembly comprising:
- a seat selectively positionable in one of a seating position and a stadium position;
- a seatback, wherein the seat is forward of the seatback;
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- a retention device comprising a strap secured to a retraction mechanism and coupled to the seatback, wherein the retention device is selectively deployable from a stored position to a cargo storage position, and wherein the retention device in the cargo storage position defines an enclosure forward of the seatback at least partially defined by the seat and a floor, wherein the retraction mechanism is disposed in one of the seating assembly and the floor and the strap is connected to the other of the seating assembly and floor via an attachment piece connecting to a lock mechanism in the cargo storage position.
A vehicle storage system comprising:
- a seating assembly including a seat and a seatback, wherein the seat is forward of the seatback;
- a floor;
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- a retention device comprising a strap secured to a retraction mechanism, the retention device positionable between an upper portion of the seatback forward of the seatback and an area of the floor disposed proximate the seating assembly, wherein the retention device is selectively extendable from at least one of the upper portion of the seatback and the area of the floor disposed proximate the seating assembly, wherein the retraction mechanism is disposed in one tips the seating assembly and the floor and the strap is connected to the other of the seating assembly and the floor via an attachment piece connecting to a lock mechanism in the cargo storage position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.