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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 14, 2009
Matthew Frank Parkinson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert Charles Steinbrecher, Dexter, MI (US);
Hamshivraj Singh Dhamrat, Milan, MI (US);
William Deming, Fenton, MI (US);
Matthew Frank Parkinson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert Charles Steinbrecher, Dexter, MI (US);
Hamshivraj Singh Dhamrat, Milan, MI (US);
William Deming, Fenton, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a stowable seat and seat storage structure that affords for storing of the stowable seat in a vehicle and yet not use or occupy any floor or sub-floor cargo space. An interior side wall for the vehicle is also provided, the interior side wall having a recess that is dimensioned for the stowable seat to fit at least partially therewithin when it is detached from the floor and folded into a stowed configuration.