Patent ID: 6817660
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A vehicle rear structure, comprising:a seatback; a rear floor positioned behind the seatback and designed to be on the same level as an upper surface of the seatback when the seatback is folded forward; and a bridge plate rotatably attached to the rear floor to extend onto the upper surface of the folded seatback; the folded seatback having on the upper surface an area for receiving a front edge portion of the bridge plate and having at a rear portion thereof a portion for lifting the front edge portion of the bridge plate in conjunction with uprising movement of the seatback during reconfiguration of the seatback for passenger seating; the bridge plate having a cam on an undersurface thereof, said cam being spaced from the lifting portion when the seatback is folded forward and with which the lifting portion temporarily comes into sliding contact during reconfiguration of the seatback for passenger seating.