Patent ID: 6065795
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B60G,B60N

Abstract:
A rear seating arrangement for a motor vehicle, the rear seating arrangement comprising:a seat cushion assembly including a lower portion and a seat back portion; anda floor pan including a longitudinal centerline, a lower portion, and a raised portion, the raised portion directly supporting the lower portion of the seat cushion assembly, the raised portion including an upper surface having a first portion concavely curved in a longitudinal direction and a second portion concavely curved in the longitudinal direction, the first and second portions being substantial mirror images of one another about the longitudinal centerline, the raised portion including a forward vertical member and a rear vertical member, the rear vertical member downwardly extending from the upper surface;the seat cushion assembly horizontally extending between the forward vertical member and rear vertical member; anda seat back panel upwardly extending from adjacent the rear vertical member, the seat back portion of the seat cushion assembly secured to the seat back panel.