Vehicle seat
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorChad Balk
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Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly including a forward facing first seat back having an upper portion and a lower portion. The seat assembly further includes a rearward facing second seat assembly having a second seat back. The second seat back has a lower portion and an upper portion pivotally connected to the upper portion of the first seat back. The second seat back is movable between a retracted position and a seating position. In the retracted position, the lower portion of the second seat back is adjacent to the lower portion of the first seat back. In the seating position, the lower portion of the second seat back is spaced apart from the lower portion of the first seat back to provide a rearwardly facing inclined second seat back.
Claims20
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a forward facing first seat back having an upper portion and a lower portion;
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- a rearward facing second seat assembly including a second seat back having a lower portion and an upper portion, said upper portion of said second seat back being pivotally connected to said upper portion of said first seat back, wherein said second seat back is movable between a retracted position, wherein said lower portion of said second seat back is adjacent to said lower portion of said first seat back, and a seating position wherein said lower portion of said second seat back is spaced apart from said lower portion of said first seat back to provide a rearwardly facing inclined second seat back, and
- wherein said second seat back includes a fastener for releasably attaching said second seat back to a floor of the vehicle when said second seat back is in its seating position.
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a forward facing first seat back having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- and a rearward facing second seat assembly including a second seat back having a lower portion and an upper portion, said upper portion of said second seat back being pivotally connected to said upper portion of said first seat back, wherein said second seat back is movable between a retracted position, wherein said lower portion of said second seat back is adjacent to said lower portion of said first seat back, and a seating position wherein said lower portion of said second seat back is spaced apart from said lower portion of said first seat back to provide a rearwardly facing inclined second seat back, and
- wherein said seat assembly further includes a first seat bottom which provides a seating location for an occupant in cooperation with said first seat back, and wherein said first seat bottom is movable between a seating position, wherein a rear portion of said seat bottom is adjacent said lower portion of said first seat back, and a lowered position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.