Seat structure
AssigneeBentley Motors Limited
InventorsShajahan Janally, Stuart Russell
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AssigneeBentley Motors Limited
InventorsShajahan Janally, Stuart Russell
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A seat structure 6 for mounting to the load space 3 of an automobile 1 includes a seat cushion 9 which, in use, may be positioned to extend out an opening to the load space to provide a seat for a person outside the automobile. The structure is particularly intended to provide a seat to the rear of an estate car, SUV or other automobile fitted with tailgate 4. The seat structure may be removably mountable to the load space of an automobile. The seat structure may comprise mounting assemblies 8 arranged to mount the structure to points at opposite sides of the load space of an automobile. A divider assembly 7 may be pivotally mounted to the mounting assemblies 8 for movement between upright and flat positions. The seat cushion 9 may be movably mounted to the divider assembly for movement between storage and deployed positions.
A seat structure for mounting to a load space of an automobile, the structure comprising a divider assembly, a lock and a seat cushion, wherein the divider assembly is slidably mountable to one or more tracks in the load space of the automobile for movement fore and aft within the automobile along one or each of the tracks, the lock may be engaged to lock the divider assembly in one or more selected positions between opposite ends of the one or each of the tracks and the cushion is moveably mounted to the divider assembly for movement between storage and deployed positions, wherein, when in use and mounted in the load space of the automobile, the divider assembly is operable between an upright configuration in which it may be used to divide the load space and a flat configuration, such that when the divider assembly is in the flat configuration it is at least partially supported on a floor of the load space and the seat cushion may be moved to the deployed position to extend out of an opening to the load space to provide a seat for a person outside the automobile.
A seat structure for mounting to a load space of an automobile, the structure comprising:
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