Patent ID: 7080871
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seat arrangement for a cabin of a pick-up truck vehicle, the seat arrangement comprising: a seat bottom member; a latch mechanism attached to the seat bottom member and arranged to maintain the seat bottom member in a deployed seating position; a release mechanism coupled to the latch mechanism and arranged to selectively release the seat bottom member from the deployed seating position; and a track mechanism attached to the seat bottom member and extending beyond a rear wall of the cabin into an adjoined cavity, comprising: a first member attached to the seat bottom member on one end; a pivot assembly attached to a frame of the vehicle external to the cabin; a second member attached to the pivot assembly on one end and slideably coupled to another end of the first member and arranged to telescopically receive the first member upon translation of the seat bottom member to a stowed position; wherein upon selectively releasing the seat bottom member, the seat bottom member is arranged to move along the track mechanism to the stowed position rearward of the rear wall of the cabin and in the cavity adjoined to the cabin.