Patent ID: 8550530

Claim:
A compact seating arrangement for a vehicle, wherein the seating arrangement has at least three seats and comprising two rear passenger seats aligned substantially transversely, and a driver's seat arranged substantially centrally and in front of said two rear passenger seats wherein the driver's seat extends transversely so as to be positioned in front of part of each of the passenger seats and extends rearward beyond the front of the legs of the rear passengers when seated in the passenger seats, in which each of the seats has a seat back and a seat base and is arranged to seat a person in a generally upright position, the seat backs being inclined to the vertical at an angle of 30 degrees or less, the or each seat base having an upper surface which supports the occupant of each seat base being spaced 400-500 mm above a substantially horizontal floor space provided adjacent the seats, and the passengers' feet being placed on the horizontal floor space on either side of the driver's seat and immediately in front of the passenger seats, whereby the lower legs of the occupants of the seats make an angle with the vertical of 30 degrees or less when their feet are positioned on said floor space adjacent the seats.