Patent ID: 7815258

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion; and a seat back, wherein the seat cushion and seat back are movably connected to one another by a vehicle seat support mechanism and are movably mounted to a support floor by said vehicle seat support mechanism, wherein said vehicle seat is movable between a normal in-use position and a stowed position, wherein said stowed position is located rearwards from said normal in-use position, wherein said seat back, when said vehicle seat is in its stowed position, is located at a relatively lower height than when said vehicle seat is in said normal in-use position, wherein said vehicle seat support mechanism includes a support mount adapted to be fixedly mounted on said support floor, and further includes first and second links on each side of said seat, each of the first and second links being pivotally connected to both the seat back and the support mount to pivotally connect said seat back to said support mount, said seat cushion being fixedly connected to one of said links on each side of said seat such that said seat cushion is pivotally connected to said support mount by said one of said links.