Folding and stowing rear-facing vehicle seat
AssigneeTesla Motors, Inc.
InventorsDaryl Zalan, Sohel Merchant
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Abstract
A rear-facing seat for a vehicle comprises: a seat portion connected to the vehicle by a hinge so that the rear-facing seat assumes at least a stowed position and an unstowed position; and a back portion connected to the seat portion, wherein in the unstowed position the back portion assumes at least an up position and a down position, wherein in the up position (i) a hook on the back portion engages a first striker on a vehicle wall, and (ii) a latch on the back portion engages a second striker of a back of a forward-facing seat.
Claims20
A rear-facing seat for a vehicle comprising:
- a seat portion connected to the vehicle by a hinge so that the rear-facing seat assumes at least a stowed position and an unstowed position;
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- a back portion connected to the seat portion, wherein in the unstowed position the back portion assumes at least an up position and a down position, wherein in the up position (i) a hook on the back portion engages a first striker on a vehicle wall, and (ii) a latch on the back portion engages a second striker of a back of a forward-facing seat.
A rear-facing seat for a vehicle comprising:
- a seat portion connected to the vehicle by a hinge so that the rear-facing seat assumes at least a stowed position and an unstowed position;
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- a back portion connected to the seat portion, wherein in the unstowed position the back portion assumes at least an up position and a down position, wherein the back portion comprises first means for attaching the rear-facing seat to a vehicle wall in the up position, and second means for attaching the rear-facing seat to a back of a forward-facing seat in the up position.
A vehicle comprising:
- at least one forward-facing seat;
- and
- a rear-facing seat comprising:
- a seat portion connected to the vehicle by a hinge so that the rear-facing seat assumes at least a stowed position and an unstowed position;
- and
- a back portion connected to the seat portion, wherein in the unstowed position the back portion assumes at least an up position and a down position, wherein in the up position (i) a hook on the back portion engages a first striker on a vehicle wall, and (ii) a latch on the back portion engages a second striker of a back of the forward-facing seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.