Patent ID: 11904743
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a cabin interior;
a floor;
a tailgate at the rear end of the cabin interior, wherein at least a portion of the tailgate pivots between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position;
a first seat track assembly supported on the floor in the cabin interior;
a second seat track assembly supported on the tailgate; and
a seat assembly comprising:
a first seat panel that serves as a seat base in a forward facing seat position;
a second seat panel that serves as a seat back in the forward facing seat position;
a bracket that allows the first and second seat panels to pivot between the forward facing seat position and a rearward facing seat position; and
a guide supporting the bracket on one of the first and second seat track assemblies, wherein the seat assembly may slide rearward along the first seat track assembly and onto the second seat track assembly when the tailgate is in the open position.