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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2003
Louis a Rhodes, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Douglas J Quigley, Rochester, MI (US);
Joseph L Salani, Oxford, MI (US);
Carl Mather, Lake Orion, MI (US);
John V Keane, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
David J Ewers, Leonard, MI (US);
Louis A Rhodes, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Douglas J Quigley, Rochester, MI (US);
Joseph L Salani, Oxford, MI (US);
Carl Mather, Lake Orion, MI (US);
John V Keane, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
David J Ewers, Leonard, MI (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A folding seating apparatus, for on-board stowage of an optionally deployable passenger seat, in a vehicle having a floor defining a floor surface that may be entirely flat when the seating apparatus is stowed. The seating apparatus includes a stowable seat having a seat cushion supported on one or more legs above the floor, a seat back that is foldable upon the seat cushion for stowage of the seat, and a seat receiving recess in the floor for on-board stowage of the seat.