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US 7,452,019 B1Granted
Sliding and stowing motor vehicle seat
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorRobert Christopher Day
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a seat assembly for supporting an occupant above a floor and an adjustment mechanism providing generally horizontal movement of the seat assembly relative to the floor and substantially vertical movement of the seat assembly through an opening in the floor between a use position extending above the floor and a stowed position disposed in a storage space beneath the floor.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a floor having an opening;
- a retractable floor shaped to substantially fill the opening;
- a storage space disposed beneath the floor and below the opening;
- a seat assembly supported on the retractable floor;
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- an adjustment mechanism providing generally horizontal adjustment of the seat assembly along the retractable floor and substantially vertical movement of the seat assembly through the opening between a use position disposed above the floor and a stowed position disposed in the storage space beneath the floor.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a floor having an opening;
- a retractable floor shaped to substantially fill the opening;
- a storage space disposed beneath the floor and below the opening;
- a seat assembly supported on the retractable floor, the seat assembly having a generally horizontal seat cushion, the seat assembly having a seat back movable between a generally upright support position for supporting the back of an occupant seated on the seat cushion and a generally horizontal folded position overlying the seat cushion;
- and
- an adjustment mechanism providing generally horizontal adjustment of the seat assembly along the retractable floor and substantially vertical movement of the seat assembly through the opening between a use position disposed above the floor and a stowed position disposed in the storage space beneath the floor,
- wherein the seat back and seat cushion remain generally horizontal throughout the movement of the seat assembly between the use position and the stowed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.