Occupant seat system

Details Occupant seat system Occupant seat system

2007-11-06

2007-11-06

Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Seats with body modifications

C296S065050, C296S066000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11213402

ABSTRACT:
An occupant seat is disclosed for a vehicle having a seat riser bracket and a floor with a footwell. The seat includes a seat bracket operatively connected to the vehicle floor and/or the seat riser bracket. A seat back is pivotally connected to the seat bracket, the seat back selectively rotatable between a seating configuration and a cargo configuration, the cargo configuration having the seat back substantially coplanar with the vehicle floor. A seat is cooperatively connected to the seat bracket and to the seat back, whereby when the seat back is rotated from the seating configuration to the cargo configuration, the seat is substantially simultaneously translated and rotated into a stowed configuration whereby the seat is at least partially within the footwell.

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Picture of Opel Signum Seats.
International Search Report for PCT/US05/38643 dated Nov. 20, 2006, corresponding to U.S. Appl. No. 11/253,142 filed Oct. 18, 2005.

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