Patent ID: 6099072
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A seat assembly for a passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle, the passenger compartment having a floor pan structure, the seat assembly comprising:a seat assembly support member, a lower seat frame having forward and rearward margins and a seat back frame having a lower margin;the rearward margin of the lower seat frame being supported by the support member, the seat back frame being pivoted at its lower margin on the support member;the support member being adapted to be mounted on the floor pan structure for linear movement in a fore-and-aft direction;a leg pivotally secured at one end thereof to the forward margin of the lower seat frame;the floor pan structure having a first platform portion in a first plane for supporting the support member and a second platform portion in a second plane, the second plane being below the first plane to define a foot well;the leg being adapted to be pivotally secured at the other end thereof to the floor pan structure in the foot well;and guide rollers on the support member for engaging the first platform portion whereby the leg pivots about its other end as the seat assembly moves in a forward direction as the support member is guided on the floor pan structure into the foot well, the seat back frame being foldable about the rearward margin of the lower seat frame whereby the seat assembly is adapted to be received in the foot well.