Patent ID: 7883146
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seating arrangement for a vehicle interior, comprising: a front row of seats having a first space between a left front seat and a right front seat; a rear row of seats having a second space between a left rear seat and a right rear seat; a track extending from the first space to the second space; a modular seat/console assembled to the track for movement between the first space and the second space; wherein the modular seat/console further comprises a seat base and an articulated base unit that connects the seat base to the track, the articulated base unit comprises vertically elongated links extending between the seat base and the track, the links each having pivots on an upper end and on a lower end, wherein the links, the seat base and the track cooperate to form an articulated linkage; and wherein the modular seat/console may be moved to an intermediate position relative to the first and second spaces in front of the rear row of seats and behind the front row of seats and may be locked in the intermediate position.