Patent ID: 7954872

Claim:
A seating arrangement for a motor vehicle including: first row seats including a driver's seat and a passenger's seat, respective rear surfaces of the first row seats defining a rear contoured surface from an outboard lateral edge of the passenger's seat to an outboard lateral edge of the driver's seat; second row seats disposed behind the first row seats with respect to a forward direction of travel for the motor vehicle, the second row seats being slidable in a longitudinal direction between a forward position and a rearward position, respective forward surfaces of the second row seats defining a front contoured surface from and between respective outboard lateral edges of the second row seats, wherein the front contoured surface corresponds in shape and dimensions with the rear contoured surface such that the second row seats nest with the first row seats when the second row seats are moved toward the forward position; wherein each second row seat includes a base and a seat back, wherein the forward surfaces of the second row seats defining the front contoured surface are generally vertically oriented forward surfaces of the respective bases of the second row seats.