Split lift gate swing seat
AssigneeIntier Automotive Inc.
InventorsChristopher Welch, Ben Sung Chang, Colin G. Neale
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Abstract
A rear seat assembly movable between a use configuration and a stowed configuration within a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. The rear seat assembly includes a seat cushion having a front portion and a rear portion, a seat back disposed adjacent to the rear portion of the seat cushion, and a translator coupled to the seat back. The translator moves the seat back between the use configuration and the stowed configuration in which the seat back is adjacent to a rear lift gate of the motor vehicle.
Claims8
A rear seat assembly movable between a use configuration and a stowed configuration within a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle having a floor, a roof, a pair of sidewalls extending between the floor and the roof, and a rear lift gate, said rear seat assembly comprising:
- a seat cushion having a front portion and a rear portion;
- a seat back disposed adjacent said rear portion of said seat cushion;
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- a translator coupled to said seat back, said translator moving said seat back between the use configuration and the stowed configuration wherein said seat back is secured to the rear lift gate and moves therewith between its open and closed positions, and wherein said translator includes a track extending along the motor vehicle from a position disposed adjacent the rear lift gate to a position fore thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.