Passenger seat having driver-accessible storage modules
AssigneeInternational Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorsWilliam Burkey, Caroline M. Conley, Alyssa Haney, Monica R. Mehaffey
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Abstract
A passenger's seat (20) has a seat cushion (28) and a seat back (30) that can fold down onto the seat cushion. A storage module (34) is recessed into the rear of the seat back and can be conveniently accessed by a driver in a driver's seat (22) along side the passenger' seat when the passenger's seat's seat back is folded onto its seat cushion. The driver can also pull a storage bin (32) out from underneath the passenger's seat to access the interior of the bin.
Claims18
A vehicle driver/passenger compartment comprising:
- a driver's seat on one side and a passenger's seat on an opposite side;
- the passenger's seat comprising a seat cushion and a seat back that can fold down onto the seat cushion;
- and a module recessed into the rear of the seat back, the module comprising a basin having an inner wall that is disposed generally horizontal when the passenger's seat's seat back is folded onto its seat cushion and a side wall that bounds a perimeter of the inner wall and sets the depth of the inner wall from an open face of the basin, and a closure that, when the passenger seat's seat back is folded onto its seat cushion, is movable from a generally horizontal position closing the open face of the basin to a generally horizontal position that is toward the driver along side the open face of the basin and uncovers at least a portion of the open face of the basin.
A vehicle driver/passenger compartment comprising:
- a driver's seat on one side and a passenger's seat on an opposite side;
- the passenger's seat comprising a seat cushion and a seat back;
- wherein the passenger's seat comprises a base that supports the seat cushion vertically above a floor of the compartment to provide an open space between the floor and the seat cushion, and further including a storage bin that occupies that space and is movable outward toward the driver's seat through an opening in the base to provide access to an interior of the bin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.