Patent ID: 7510227
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. An automotive vehicle comprising: a front row having two seats and a rear row having three seats; a floor extending transversely between opposite sides of the vehicle; the three seats of the rear row having an outboard seat and an inboard seat arranged in a transversely extending row along the floor of the vehicle, wherein the inboard seat is a center seat disposed at an inboard position and the outboard seat is disposed at an outboard position, the inboard seat being slidably coupled to the floor by a set of tracks for transverse sliding movement between the inboard and outboard positions; the outboard seat being tiltable forwardly about a single pivot to a stowed position to accommodate displacement of the inboard seat between the inboard and outboard positions; the inboard seat being substantially aligned behind the outboard seat when the outboard seat is in the stowed position and the inboard seat is in the outboard position, whereby a user standing outside the motor vehicle has improved access to the inboard seat when in the outboard position.