Storable/slidable seat apparatus for vehicles
AssigneeHonda Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Kamida
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Abstract
Storable/slidable vehicular seat apparatus includes a seat with a seat base that can be flipped upwardly via a pivot to be stored against a wall of a vehicle compartment. The seat base is slidable in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle bodywork. The seat base is pivotally attached at its one side to the vehicle bodywork. Leg member is secured to the underside of the seat base via a second slider and second sliding rail. When the seat base is flipped upwardly via the pivot, the leg member, second slider and second sliding rail are moved upwardly and stored together with the seat base.
Claims6
A storable/slidable seat apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- a slide mechanism provided on a given portion of a vehicle bodywork proximate to a wall of the vehicle bodywork, said given portion being at a higher level than a central floor portion of the vehicle bodywork, said slide mechanism being slidable in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle bodywork;
- a pivot mounted on said slide mechanism;
- a seat base slidable in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle bodywork, said seat base being connected to said pivot so that said seat base can be pivotally flipped upwardly and stored against the wall via said pivot;
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- a leg member attached to an underside of said seat base, and extending downwardly from the underside of said seat base to support said seat base against the floor in such a way that said seat base is slidable relative to said leg member in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle bodywork.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.