Patent ID: 8894031
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle, comprising: an interior portion having a longitudinal direction extending from a forward portion to a rearward portion of the motor vehicle and a lateral direction extending from a first side portion to a second side portion of the motor vehicle; a driver seat disposed in the forward portion of the motor vehicle; the interior portion further comprising a first set of rails, a second set of rails, and a third set of rails each mounted to a floor of the motor vehicle and generally extending side-by-side in the longitudinal direction, wherein the second set of rails is disposed between the first set of rails and the third set of rails; a first seat, a second seat, a third seat, a fourth seat, a fifth seat, and a sixth seat; a first storage space disposed within the floor and in the rearward portion of the motor vehicle, rearwardly of the first set of rails; a second storage space disposed within the floor and in the rearward portion of the motor vehicle, rearwardly of the second set of rails; each of the first seat, second seat, third seat, fourth seat, fifth seat, and sixth seat having a deployed position where the respective seat is slidably mounted to one of the first set of rails, the second set of rails, and the third set of rails; each of the first seat, second seat, third seat, fourth seat, fifth seat, and sixth seat having a stored position where the respective seat is disposed in one of the first storage space the second storage space, and the third storage space without being mounted to any one of the first, second, and third set of rails; each of the first seat, second seat, third seat, fourth seat, fifth seat, and sixth seat having a folded deployed position where the respective seat is slidably mounted to one of the first set of rails, the second set of rails, and the third set of rails and a seat cushion of the respective seat is folded up away from the respective set of rails and against a seat back of the respective seat; wherein the floor is continuously flat from the driver seat to the first storage space; and wherein the motor vehicle has a staggered seating configuration in which the first seat is slidably mounted to the first set of rails, the second seat is slidably mounted to the second set of rails, the third seat is slidably mounted to the third set of rails, and the fourth seat is slidably mounted to the second set of rails in a position behind the second seat, wherein the second seat is disposed in a position that is closer to the forward portion of the motor vehicle than where the first, third, and fourth seats are positioned and the fourth seat is disposed in a position that is closer to the rearward portion of the motor vehicle than where the first, second, and third seats are positioned.