Vehicle seat assembly
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsDale Michael Drew, Eric Anthony Woods, Mark Allyn Folkert
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Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly for mounting on a vehicle floor including a seat bottom pivotally mounted relative to the vehicle floor. The seat bottom defines an upper surface and an opposed lower surface. The seat bottom is movable between a seating position, wherein the upper surface faces upwards, and a storage position, wherein the lower surface faces upwards. A panel is pivotally connected to the seat bottom. The panel is automatically moved between a first position underneath the seat bottom when the seat bottom is in the seating position, and a generally horizontally deployed position when the seat bottom is moved to the storage position.
Claims20
A vehicle seat assembly for mounting on a vehicle floor comprising:
- a seat bottom adapted to be pivotally mounted relative to a vehicle floor, said seat bottom defining an upper surface and an opposed lower surface, wherein said seat bottom is movable between a seating position wherein said upper surface faces upwards, and a storage position wherein said lower surface faces upwards;
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- a panel pivotally connected to said seat bottom, wherein said panel is automatically moved between a first position underneath said seat bottom when said seat bottom is in said seating position, and a generally horizontally deployed position when said seat bottom is moved to said storage position.
A vehicle seat assembly for mounting on a vehicle floor comprising:
- a seat bottom having a rear portion adapted to be pivotally mounted relative to a vehicle floor, said seat bottom having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a seat back pivotally mounted relative to said seat bottom, wherein said seat back has a front surface and is movable relative to said seat bottom to a collapsed position such that said front surface of said seat back is adjacent said upper surface of said seat bottom, wherein said combination of said seat bottom and said seat back are pivotable to a storage position such that said lower surface of said seat bottom faces upwards;
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- a panel pivotally connected to said seat bottom, wherein said panel is movable between a first position underneath said seat bottom when said seat bottom is in said seating position, and a generally horizontally deployed position when said seat bottom is in said storage position such that said panel is generally co-planar with said lower surface of said seat bottom.
A vehicle interior assembly comprising:
- a front seat having a front seat bottom and a front seat back defining a rear surface, said front seat movable to a collapsed position such that said front seat back is above said front seat bottom, and wherein said rear surface of said front seat back faces upwards in a generally horizontal position;
- a rear seat having a rear seat back and a rear seat bottom, said rear seat having a rear seat bottom adapted to be pivotally mounted relative to a vehicle floor, said rear seat bottom defining an upper surface and an opposed lower surface, wherein said rear seat bottom is movable between a seating position wherein said upper surface faces upwards, and a storage position wherein said lower surface faces upwards, and wherein a gap exists between said front seat back, when in said collapsed position, and said rear seat bottom, when in said storage position;
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- a panel pivotally connected to said seat bottom, wherein said panel is automatically moved between a first position and a deployed position to bridge said gap.
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