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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1999
Colin G. Neale, Northville, MI (US);
Eric M. Langensiepen, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Magna Interior Systems Inc., Aurora, CA;
Abstract
A retractable automotive seat assembly having a seat back and a seat cushion. The seat assembly is moveable within an interior of a passenger vehicle between an operative position for supporting an occupant and a stowed position with the seat back stored against a headliner of the vehicle and the seat cushion recessed within a floor of the vehicle. The seat back is pivotally mounted to the headliner of the vehicle. A pair of upper retaining latches are mounted to a side wall of the vehicle for securing the seat back in a roof storing position disposed above the seat cushion and adjacent the headliner. A pair of lower retaining latches are mounted to the side wall of the vehicle below the upper retaining latches for securing the seat back in a seat back operative position abutting at least a portion of the seat cushion. A pair of seat cushion brackets are mounted to the seat cushion for supporting and pivoting the seat cushion independently from the seat back between a seat cushion operative position and a floor storing position with the seat cushion pivoting downwardly into a cavity recessed within the floor of the vehicle. The seat cushion also includes a pair of seat cushion retaining latches for securing the seat cushion in the seat cushion operative position.