Patent ID: 6106066
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A stowable seat that can be used with a vehicle having a floor and walls, having a seatbase with a free end and a linked end that is pivotally mounted and is cantilevered and rotatable from a horizontally deployed position to a substantially vertical stowed position, the seat comprising: a frame pivotally associated with the linked end of the seatbase, said frame mountable to the floor to support the seat in both the stowed position and deployed position without need of being secured by the walls of the vehicle, whereby the linked end of the seatbase can rotate downward without being impeded by any other support means for the seat, wherein the stowable seat has a releasable locking mechanism means to support the seat in each of the positions, said releasable locking mechanism means including releasable pin means with a pin and riding plate means with multiple positioning holes in the seatbase that cooperate with said releasable pin, means to anchor the seat by forcing said pin into said positioning holes in the seat base at either the deployed position of the seatbase or the stowed position of the seatbase, whereby the stowable seat can be rotated from a substantially vertical stowed position to a horizontal deployed position and automatically locked when said pin registers with said positioning holes in the seatbase of said riding plate means.