Patent ID: 7819468

Claim:
A seat for a vehicle having a vehicle body and a floor thereof, the seat comprising: a seatback; a seat cushion pivotally attached to the seatback along a first axis disposed adjacent to a rear portion of the seat cushion, the seat cushion comprising: a storage recessed portion which is provided in a bottom face of the seat cushion; and a lid which opens and closes the storage recessed portion, the lid being attached with a rear end portion of the storage recessed portion along a second axis; a hinge connecting the seatback to the vehicle body along a third axis; and at least one combined seat support and lid control member operatively attached to and extending outwardly from the bottom face of the seat cushion, the combined seat support and lid control member having a rotational axis which is substantially perpendicular to the bottom face of the seat cushion; wherein the seat is selectively adjustable between a seating configuration in which the seat cushion is disposed in a substantially horizontal orientation, an upright configuration in which the seat cushion is rotated about the first axis such that it is substantially parallel to the seatback, and a dive-down configuration such that the seatback and the seat cushion are both disposed in a substantially horizontal orientation by rotating the seatback along the third axis in a rear-to-front movement; wherein the storage recessed portion is accessible by opening the lid in a rear-to-front direction about the second axis when the seat is in the upright configuration; and wherein the combined seat support and lid control member is configured and arranged to support the seat cushion against the vehicle body floor when the seat is in the dive-down configuration.