Patent ID: 7686367
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seat assembly for an automotive vehicle having a floor, a roof, and a rear liftgate extending between the floor and the roof, said seat assembly comprising: a pair of spaced apart and parallel tracks disposed along the floor; a recess formed in the floor rearward of said pair of tracks; a second row seat slidably engaged to said pair of tracks for movement between forward and rearward seating positions, and said second row seat pivotally coupled to said pair of tracks to pivot between the rearward seating position and a stowed position within said recess in the floor; a third row swing seat pivotally coupled to the roof for movement between a seating position and a stowed position wherein movement of said third row swing seat into said stowed position enables said second row seat to move between said forward and rearward seating positions and said stowed position; and a riser mechanism extending between said second row seat and the floor, said riser mechanism defining a plurality of pivots for selectively moving said second row seat between said rearward seating position and said stowed position within said recess in the floor whereby said riser mechanism forms a cargo floor covering said second row seat in said recess, and wherein said riser mechanism includes a main panel, a front panel pivotally coupled to said second row seat and pivotally coupled to said main panel, a cover panel pivotally coupled to said front panel, and a rear panel pivotally coupled to said second row seat and pivotally coupled to said main panel, wherein said panels are folded supporting said second row seat above the floor in said forward and rearward seating positions, and said panels are unfolded forming said cargo floor covering said second row seat in said stowed position.