Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Ts Tech Co., Ltd.

Tachi-s Co., Ltd.

Spyro G Blatseas

Wataru Takayasu

Osamu Kyogoku

Hiroyuki Fujii

Mark D Herbert

William Charles Lanz

Toshinari Mitsumoto

Satoshi Hayashi

Rudy M Mayne, Jr

Ken Pilcher

J Zachary Sorrell

A multi-row vehicle seating arrangement includes a second row of vehicle seats including a first lateral side seat, a second lateral side seat, and a center seat disposed between the first and second lateral side seats. The center seat has a pair of spaced apart seat anchors fixably secured thereto for securing a child seat to the center seat.

Seating arrangement for a vehicle

An automotive seat of the type allowing a child seat to be mounted thereon and including a center back portion, wherein a shape-retaining/locking element is provided to a lower region of the center back portion. The shape-retaining/locking element includes a rigid hollow support body; a cut-away portion defined in the support body; a female engagement element to which the child seat is lockably engaged, the female engagement element being exposed outwardly in such cut-away portion; and a cover element for covering the hollow support body and cut-away portion. The cover element includes a layer of hard synthetic resin material with a certain elasticity, such that it normally tends to retain its original shape generally conforming to a forwardly facing surface portion hollow support body. One end of the cover element may be releasably connected to the lower region of the hollow support body.

Automotive seat for mounting child seat thereon

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Dublin, OH, United States of America

Spyro G Blatseas