Patent ID: 8353550

Claim:
A passenger vehicle comprising: a vehicle body having a passenger compartment and a storage compartment adjacent to the passenger compartment; a seating row oriented in the passenger compartment adjacent to the storage compartment, the seating row having a seat back pivotally connected to the vehicle body for seating an occupant when the seat back is in an upright position, and for providing an access opening to the storage compartment when the seat back is in a collapsed position; a battery having a top surface, the battery being disposed within the storage compartment; and a tray having a forward end pivotally connected to the seat back and a rearward end supported slidably on the vehicle body, the tray being movable in a fore-and-aft direction as the seat back pivots on the vehicle body between the collapsed position and the upright position; whereby the tray is disposed over the seat back and the battery when the seat back is in the collapsed position for providing a raised platform extending into the passenger compartment.