Patent ID: 6129404
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A passenger vehicle, comprising:a vehicle body including a pair of front doors and a pair of rear doors, on opposite sides of a passenger compartment;a front seat assembly disposed in a front portion of said passenger compartment generally between said pair of front doors;a middle seat assembly disposed in a middle portion of said passenger compartment generally between said pair of rear doors; anda rear seat assembly disposed in a rear portion of said passenger compartment;wherein said middle seat assembly includes two outer seat sections and a center seat section disposed between said two outer seat sections, said two outer seat sections being capable of moving independently of said center seat section from a first position for receiving passengers in a seated position to a second position forward of said first position to allow access to said rear seat assembly through each of said pair of rear doors, said two outer seat sections of said middle seat assembly having a seat back portion which folds forward relative to a seat bottom portion, said bottom seat portion of said two outer seat sections of said middle seat assembly being pivotally mounted, about a pivot axis, to a floor of said passenger compartment.