Johnson Controls Technology Company

Dawn Macleod

Eric Bernard Michalak

Yannis Poulos

Reinier Soliven

John M Beranek

Steven E White

Sylviane Mayer

Bradford V Feiler

Prasanna Korlahalli

A stowable vehicle seat and seat arrangement are provided for a vehicle having a vehicle floor. The arrangement includes a first outboard seat with a seat base, a vehicle floor connection and a backrest connected to the seat base. A second outboard seat includes a seat base, a vehicle floor connection and a backrest and a lateral guide rail for lateral movement. The stowable seat includes a seat base, a backrest, a floor connection and a linkage between the seat base, the floor connection and the backrest for movement from a seating position blocking lateral movement of the second outboard seat to a stowage position in which the second outboard seat is moveable laterally along the lateral guideway to a position directly adjacent to the first outboard seat.

Lateral slide pickup truck rear seat

Growing community of inventors

South Lyon, MI, United States of America

Dawn Macleod