Patent ID: 7658431
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A passenger vehicle comprising: a vehicle body having a passenger compartment and a storage compartment adjacent to the passenger compartment, with an access opening between the passenger compartment and the storage compartment; a seating row oriented in the passenger compartment adjacent to the storage compartment, the seating row having at least one seat bottom mounted to the vehicle body and at least one seat back pivotally connected to the vehicle body for closing the access opening and for seating an occupant in an upright position of the at least one seat back, and for opening the access opening in a collapsed position of the at least one seat back, whereby a rear surface of the at least one seat back faces upward; and a mounting plate adapted for receiving a child seat mounted thereto, the mounting plate being pivotally connected to the at least one seat back such that the mounting plate is supported upon the rear surface of the at least one seat back in the collapsed position of the at least one seat back for positioning the child seat in a seating position for seating a child, and such that an angle between the mounting plate and the rear surface of the at least one seat back diverges at a lower region of the at least one seat back in the upright position of the at least one seat back for positioning the child seat within the storage compartment.