Patent ID: 8628135
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A removable seat for an automotive vehicle including a floor pan and a striker to locate the seat relative to the floor pan, the seat comprising: a structural member to provide support for the seat; and a riser, having a sliding surface on which the seat slides if moved and a hook feature including a leading edge and a contact surface to contact the striker, attached with the structural member to space the seat away from the floor pan, wherein a portion of the riser has a layered structure including a first metal layer having a bottom edge portion, a hook edge portion, and a leading edge portion connecting the bottom and hook edge portions, a second metal layer and a non-metal layer disposed between the first and second metal layers, and wherein the non-metal layer wraps around the bottom edge portion to form the sliding surface, wraps around the hook edge portion to form the contact surface for the striker, and wraps around the leading edge portion to form a protective surface over the leading edge.