Patent ID: 8002325

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat back adapted to be pivotally connected within a passenger compartment of a vehicle adjacent to a storage compartment for seating an occupant in an upright position of the seat back, and for providing access to the storage compartment in a collapsed position of the seat back, whereby a rear surface of the seat back faces upward; and a mounting plate adapted for receiving a child seat mounted thereto, the mounting plate being pivotally connected to the seat back such that the mounting plate is supported upon the rear surface of the seat back in the collapsed position of the seat back for positioning the child seat in a seating position for seating a child, and such that an angle between the mounting plate and the rear surface of the seat back diverges at a lower region of the seat back in the upright position of the at least one seat back for positioning the child seat within the storage compartment.