Patent ID: 6932424

Claim:
A method of folding a vehicle seat into a floor of a vehicle, comprising the steps of: providing a vehicle seat adapted to fold from a seating condition to a collapsed condition, the seat being mounted to a movable section of vehicle floor, wherein: the movable section covers an in-the-floor receptacle adapted to receive the vehicle seat in the collapsed condition; the movable section is configured with an outwardly extending guide pin and the receptacle is configured with a guide track for receiving the guide pin; and the movable section is pivotally connected to a guide bar which is further pivotally connected to the receptacle; folding the vehicle seat into the collapsed condition against the movable section; and rotating the movable section so that the guide pin travels along the guide track, wherein the movable section articulates with the guide bar as the pin travels along the guide track, until the movable section is inverted with the vehicle seat in the collapsed condition contained within the receptacle.