Patent ID: 8109565
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. An automotive seat for a vehicle, the automotive seat comprising a seat back having a top end and a bottom end with a pivot axis closer to the bottom end than to the top end, the seat back being pivotable about the pivot axis between a raised position in which a back surface of the seat back faces generally toward a rear of the vehicle and a lowered position in which the back surface of the seat back faces upwardly to serve as a work surface, a seat bottom movable between a first position in which the seat bottom is generally horizontally oriented with a seating surface of the seat bottom facing generally upwardly and a second position in which the seat bottom is generally vertically oriented with the seating surface facing generally toward a front of the vehicle, the seat bottom being configured to support the seat back in the lowered position, wherein when the seat back is in the lowered position and the seat bottom is in the second position the automotive seat is in a work desk configuration in which sufficient space is provided beneath the seat back to permit legs of a person seated on an adjacent seat of the vehicle to fit underneath the seat back, and wherein the pivot axis lies in a plane above the seat bottom in the second position, and a latch configured to releasably secure the seat back to the seat bottom when the seat bottom is in the second position supporting the seat back in the lowered position.