Patent ID: 6129405
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A seat arrangement of a vehicle comprising:a flat floor surface extending across a full cabin space of the vehicle;front row seats, center row seats and a rear row seat disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle on the floor surface;a seat storage pan extending rearward the rear row seat and downward a level of the floor surface;the front row seats being disposed with a space;the center row seats including at least two seats disposed in a lateral direction of the vehicle, the center row seats being disposed so as to be switched between a first mode in which the two seats have a space therebetween and a second mode in which the two seats are offset to one side of the vehicle with regard to the lateral direction and contact with each other;a reverse T-shaped floor space extending from the space between the center row seats to the rear part of the cabin space is formed when the center row seats are disposed in the first mode and the rear row seat is received in the seat storage pan;a L-shaped floor space extending from the space in the other side of the vehicle with regard to the lateral direction in the center part of the cabin space to the rear part of the cabin space is formed when the center row seats are disposed in the second mode and the rear row seat is received in the seat storage pan; andat least one of the center row seats is movable in both the longitudinal and lateral directions, and a longitudinal slide rail for allowing a longitudinal movement of the center row seat is disposed over a lateral slide rail for allowing a lateral movement of the center row seat.