Patent ID: 7195302

Claim:
A vehicle rear seating arrangement comprising: a vehicle passenger compartment structure having a generally vertical surface; and a seat assembly including a seat attachment part, a seat bottom portion with an upper seating surface, a seat extension portion with an extension seating surface and a first hinge, the seat attachment part being fixedly attached to the generally vertical surface of the vehicle passenger compartment structure, the seat bottom portion having a front end edge and a rear end edge, the seat bottom portion being pivotally supported to the seat attachment part adjacent to the rear end edge by the first hinge for movement between a generally horizontal seating position and a generally vertical retracted position, the seat extension portion being pivotally supported the seat bottom portion adjacent to the front end edge for movement between a stowed position and a seat extending position such that in the stowed position the seat extension portion is disposed underneath the seat bottom portion with the seat bottom portion in the generally horizontal seating position and in the seat extending position the upper seating surface and the extension seating surface are generally aligned.