Patent ID: 6631946
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
An automotive seating assembly adapted for being at least partially stowed within a floor of a vehicle, said seating assembly comprising;a seat cushion having a rear portion and a front portion with a seating portion disposed there between, a rear support bracket defining said rear portion of said seat cushion and adapted for movement between a use position supporting said rear portion above the floor and a stowed position disposed within the floor, a front beam defining said front portion of said seat cushion and adapted for movement between a use position supporting said front portion above the floor and a stowed position disposed within the floor, and a substantially flexible mesh material having a first end secured to said front beam and a second end secured to said rear support bracket to define said seating portion of said seat cushion and adapted for movement between a support position extending between said front and rear portions above the floor and a retracted position collapsed below the floor, said seating assembly characterized by a retractor integrally connected with one of said ends of said mesh material to mount said mesh material to one of said rear support bracket and said front beam for retracting said mesh material between said support position with said mesh material unwound from said retractor and said retracted position with said mesh material wound within said retractor such that said mesh material is stored within said retractor when said rear support bracket and said front beam are in said stowed position disposed within the floor.