Vehicle seat stowing structure
AssigneeMitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShingo Kutomi, Takashi Ogino
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Abstract
A vehicle seat stowing structure has seats provided on a floor. The seats are rotated rearwardly of a vehicle around a rotational shaft fixed to a vehicle body so that the bottom surface of each of seat cushions is directed to the inside of a passenger compartment. The seats are stowed in a recess formed in the floor. The floor is formed so that at least a part thereof extending between a portion provided forwardly of a place, at which the seats are installed, and a front edge of the recess is flat. A casing is provided at a place, which is located forwardly of the recess and faces the bottom surfaces of the seat cushions, on the floor.
Claims11
A vehicle seat stowing structure comprising:
- a seat disposed on a floor and including a seat cushion;
- a rotational shaft;
- a recess formed in the floor;
- and
- a casing extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle,
- wherein the seat is rotated around the rotational shaft towards the rear of a vehicle so that a bottom surface of the seat cushion faces the inside of a passenger compartment to thereby be stowed in the recesse,
- the floor is formed so that at least a part thereof extending between a portion provided forwardly of a place, at which the seat is disposed, and a front edge of the recess is flat;
- and
- the casing is disposed at a place, which is located forwardly of the recess and which faces the bottom surface of the seat cushion, on a surface of the floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.