Vehicle seat that tips and kneels and folds into a stowage well

Details Vehicle seat that tips and kneels and folds into a stowage well Vehicle seat that tips and kneels and folds into a stowage well

2007-08-14

2007-08-14

Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Seats with body modifications

C296S065050, C296S065130, C296S065160, C297S344100

Reexamination Certificate

active

11163827

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle seat assembly is attached to a floor attachment bracket by pivoted front and rear leg assemblies is disclosed. A seat base frame, the floor attachment bracket and the front and rear leg assemblies form a four bar link that support the seat assembly on a floor pan of a vehicle. The floor pan defines a stowage well in which the seat assembly may be selectively stored. The four bar link may be rotated to a limited extent when the seat back frame is in its normal seating position to provide a tip and kneel position. In the tip and kneel position the seat is disposed intermediate the seating position and fully stowed position with the seat back upright to provide improved ingress and egress to areas of the vehicle behind the seat assembly.

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