Patent ID: 6955386
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A stowable seat for a vehicle comprising: a seat receiving recess in a floor; a seat and a leg operatively attaching the seat to the floor for selective movement of the seat with respect to the seat receiving recess between a deployed position of the seat and a stowed position of the seat in the seat receiving recess; the leg having an upper pivot operatively attached to the seat and a lower pivot operatively attached to the floor for selective pivoting movement of the seat between the deployed and the stowed positions of the seat by pivoting the seat about the upper pivot and pivoting the leg about the lower pivot between a substantially vertical deployed position of the leg and a substantially horizontal stowed position of the leg, wherein the seat is selectively movable about said lower pivot in a transverse direction with respect to the seat receiving recess.