Patent ID: 8851549

Claim:
A stowable seat arrangement for a vehicle having a floor, comprising: a seat back having an upper end, an opposite lower end and a seating side; a seat bottom having a forward end, a rearward end and a seating side; and a linkage arrangement including a first member pivotably coupled to the seat bottom and a vehicle support structure, a second member pivotably coupled to the seat bottom and the support structure, a third member fixed to the seat back and pivotably coupled to the support structure, and a fourth member pivotably coupled to the second member and slidably and pivotably coupled to the third member; wherein the linkage arrangement is configured to facilitate suspending the seat bottom in a deployed or seating position from the vehicle support structure in spaced relation to the floor, rotating the seat bottom to a stadium position substantially parallel to the seat back, and rotating the seat back and articulating seat bottom to a stowed position whereby the seat bottom engages the floor.