Patent ID: 11926248
Assignee: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A rear row occupant support for a vehicle, the rear occupant support comprising
a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle,
a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor,
a seat mode-change system configured to couple the rear occupant support to at least one of the floor and a wall of the vehicle, the seat mode-change system including a seat bottom mount, a seat back mount, and a seat linkage coupled to and interconnecting a rear end of the seat bottom and a lower end of the seat back,
wherein the seat mode-change system is configured to allow movement of the rear occupant support relative to the floor and the wall between a passenger support mode, in which the seat back is arranged in a generally vertical orientation relative to the floor and the seat bottom is arranged in a generally horizontal orientation relative to the floor to provide a seating space for an occupant above the seat bottom and forward of the seat back, a first storage mode, in which the seat back is arranged in a generally horizontal orientation relative to the floor and the seat bottom is arranged in a generally vertical orientation relative to the floor to define a storage space located rearward of the seat bottom and below the seat back in the storage mode, and a second storage mode, in which the seat bottom is oriented to extend vertically and is positioned in confronting relation to the seat back to provide a forward storage space in front of the rear row occupant support, and
a storage shelf configured to be supported above the floor of the vehicle by the seat bottom and the wall of the vehicle when the rear row occupant support is in the first storage mode.