Stowable rear vehicle seats

US6669261B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Paul Roberts · Livonia, US
• Daniel Mark Adsit · Ann Arbor, US
• Kimberly Ann Steele · Northville, US
• Carlos Alberto Clemente · Troy, US
• Steven Albert Dubuc · Ann Arbor, US
• John P. Joyce · Beverly Hills, US
• Walter Earl Sutherlin, Jr. · Southfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 26, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 30, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 12, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/3043
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A stowable vehicle seat for a vehicle includes a seat base that is slideably connected to the vehicle. The seat is moveable between a first position and a second position adjacent a storage area. The seat base has a seat back rotatably connected thereto that allows the seat back to rotate between a normally up position and a folded down position. The seat base also has a pivot hinge located on an underside thereof that allows the seat base to pivot when the seat is located in the second position from a flat position to an upright position such that the seat is at least partially disposed in a rear quarter panel of the vehicle.