Patent ID: 8757711

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body having a generally vertical wall at least partially defining a passenger compartment; a vehicle seat assembly including a seatback member and a lower seat member integrated with the generally vertical wall and at least partially disposed within the passenger compartment; the lower seat member being rotatably mounted to the vehicle body and having a seating surface; wherein the lower seat member is selectively rotatable between a stowed position in which the seating surface is generally vertical and adjacent the generally vertical wall and a deployed position in which the seating surface is generally horizontal and upwardly facing; the seatback member having a cushion portion and at least one support portion that is operatively connected to the cushion portion such that the cushion portion and the at least one support portion cooperate to define an open space therebetween; wherein the seatback member is rotatably mounted with respect to the body such that the seatback member is selectively rotatable between an upright position in which the cushion portion is recessed into a concavity defined by the wall and a lowered position in which the cushion portion extends farther forward than the seating surface; wherein substantially all of the lower seat member is forward of the seatback member when the lower seat member is in the stowed position and the seatback member is in the upright position; wherein the lower seat member is at least partially within the opening when the seatback member is in the lowered position; wherein the vehicle body includes a floor that at least partially defines a footwell forward of the lower seat member; and wherein the cushion portion extends over at least a portion of the footwell when the seatback portion is in the lowered position.