Patent ID: 8931844
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seating assembly, comprising: a seat including a top surface; a seatback pivotally coupled with the seat and including a back support surface; a tab extending forward from a lower portion of the seatback; a track assembly below the seat and including a rail and a slide; a bracket pivotally coupled directly at opposing ends with the seat and the slide and including an elongate slot disposed at a mid-portion thereof; and a linkage having a first link with a forward end coupled directly with the seat and a second link pivotally coupled directly with the tab and a rearward end of the first link, wherein the second link includes a protrusion slidably engaged with the elongate slot, wherein pivotal movement of the seatback forward to a stowed position moves the tab rearward and causes sliding movement of the protrusion relative to the elongate slot, thereby translating the seat from a deployed position, in which a planar extent of the seatback extends substantially orthogonally relative to a planar extent of the seat, rearward and downward to a collapsed position, in which the top surface of the seat and the back support surface of the seatback are in abutting contact.