Patent ID: 8857763

Claim:
A movable seat assembly for a vehicle, comprising; first and second predetermined paths located on the floor of the vehicle, each path having an operational location at a first end and an ingress/egress location at a second end, the first and second predetermined paths being substantially adjacent in position and substantially mirrored in orientation; and first and second seats that travel along the first and second predetermined paths, respectively, between the operational location and the ingress/egress location; wherein each of the first and second seats has an operational orientation at the operational location of its respective predetermined path, and an ingress/egress seat orientation at the ingress/egress location of its respective predetermined path; each ingress/egress seat orientation being substantially angled relative to its respective operational seat orientation; wherein at least one of the first and second predetermined paths comprises: a substantially straight track and two or more other tracks each having a substantially straight portion and a curved portion, wherein the seat coupled to the at least one of the first and second predetermined paths is configured to translate along the substantially straight track and along the straight portions of the two or more other tracks and is rotationally reoriented about a pivot point on the substantially straight track during translation along the curved portions of the two or more other tracks.