Patent ID: 6843526
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seat for selective engagement with the floor of a vehicle and releasable storage against an inside wall of a vehicle, the seat comprising: a seat base; a foot coupled to the bottom of the seat base for supporting a portion of the seat base upon the floor and having an engaging means for detachably engaging the floor; a seat striker assembly mounted to an inside wall of the vehicle on the side of the seat spaced from the foot and having at least one seat striker member; a hinge lock assembly for hingedly supporting said seat base against the wall and provided with at least one hinge lock for detachably engaging the at least one seat striker member to secure said hinge lock assembly to said vehicle wall when engaged and being actuable for disengaging the at least one hinge lock from the at least one seat striker when actuated; and an actuable floor lock release means for disengaging the foot from the vehicle floor when the release means is actuated, wherein the seat may be pivoted toward and stored substantially against the vehicle wall upon actuation of the floor lock release means; and wherein the seat is detachably disengaged from the vehicle floor and the vehicle wall upon actuation of both said floor lock release means and said hinge lock release means.