Storable and removable seat assembly

Abstract

A rear seat assembly (10) for providing additional cargo space capable of being moved from a seating position to a stored position or removed from a vehicle. The seat assembly (10) is comprised of a seat bottom (12) and a seat back (14) interconnected by a locking hinge (16). The seat bottom (12) includes a clevis (26), a support bracket (22) and a latch (20) for supporting the seat bottom (12) on a vehicle floor (24) when the seat assembly (10) is in the seating position. In addition, the clevis (26) allows the seat assembly (10) to be moved from the seating position to an upright folded position. A support shaft (28) is mounted to the clevis (26) and removably received in a support housing (34) mounted on the vehicle floor (24) to allow the seat assembly (10) to rotate to the stored position or be removed from the vehicle. The latch (20) also secures the seat bottom (12) to the vehicle floor (24) when in the seating position and secures the seat bottom (12) to a vehicle wall (50) when in the stored position. A release mechanism (60) mounted to the seat bottom (12) interconnects the locking hinge (16) and latch (20) to release the latch (20) and locking hinge (16) and allow movement from the seating position to the upright folded position. A seat belt buckle assembly (64) is mounted to the seat bottom (12).

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