Patent ID: 8235446

Claim:
A folding vehicle seat adapted to be stored on a first portion of a vehicle body floor and retained on the portion of the vehicle body floor by a retaining belt arrangement, the folding vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion pivotally supported on a second portion of the vehicle body floor; and a seat back pivotally supported by the seat cushion; the seat cushion and the seat back being adapted to be put together as a single seat body; the single seat body being adapted to be pivoted from the second portion of the vehicle body floor to the first portion of the vehicle body floor and then stored on the first portion of the vehicle body floor; the single seat body having an engagement means provided at one of the seat cushion and seat back which is positioned in an upward position when the single seat body is pivoted and stored on the first portion of the vehicle body floor; the vehicle body floor having a vertical wall extending upward from the first portion of the vehicle body floor and a ring member mounted on a top surface of the vertical wall for supporting the retaining belt arrangement; and the retaining belt arrangement comprising: a belt body attached at a lower end portion thereof to a lower portion of the vertical wall of the vehicle body floor; and a hook member having a hooking portion and attached to an upper end portion of the belt body with the hooking portion facing in the direction in which the seat body is pivoted for storage; the upper end portion of the belt body being inserted through the ring member; and the hooking portion of the hook member being engaged with the engagement means of the seat body in the stored state, whereby the vehicle seat is retained on the first portion of the vehicle body floor.