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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2001
Omar D. Tame, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Magna Interior Systems Inc., Aurora, CA;
Abstract
An automotive seat assembly ( ) has a seat cushion assembly ( ) and a seat back assembly ( ). A pair of rear seat supports ( ) are pivotally mounted to the rearward end ( ) of the seat cushion assembly ( ) for supporting a rear portion of the seat assembly ( ). A pair of front seat supports ( ), which each include a pair of legs ( ), are mounted to the forward end ( ) of the seat cushion assembly ( ) for supporting a front portion of the seat assembly ( ). A link ( ) interconnects each of the front seat supports ( ) to a corresponding rear seat support ( ) for moving the rear seat supports ( ) between a seating position and a tumbled position. In the seating position, the front ( ) and rear seat supports ( ) extend downwardly from the seat cushion assembly ( ). In the tumbled position, the seat cushion assembly ( ) pivots upward about the front seat supports ( ) and the rear seat supports ( ) fold against the seat cushion assembly ( ). The seat assembly ( ) is characterized by each of the front seat supports ( ) being pivotally mounted to the seat cushion assembly ( ) for movement between the seating position an a kneeled position with the front ( ) and rear seat supports ( ) collapsed against the seat cushion assembly ( ) and the vehicle floor ( ). Additionally, the seat assembly ( ) may be tumbled forward from the kneeled position.