Method of positioning a vehicle seat
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1. A method of moving a vehicle seat, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a vehicle seat mounted to a track by a vehicle seat coupling within a vehicle interior, wherein the track includes a first portion angled towards a mid plane of the vehicle interior in a first direction, and a second portion angled away from the mid plane of the vehicle interior in a second direction;
translating the vehicle seat along the first portion of the track in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle and in a width-wise direction of the vehicle from a first position to a second position;
translating the vehicle seat along the second portion of the track in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle and in a width-wise direction of the vehicle from the second position to a third position, wherein the first position defines a first end of the track, and further wherein the third position defines a second end of the track;
rotating the vehicle seat on the vehicle seat coupling from a first orientation to a second orientation relative to the track, wherein the second orientation is an opposed orientation relative to the first orientation.
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Abstract
A method of moving a vehicle seat between a forward-facing orientation and a rear-facing orientation includes the steps of: translating the vehicle seat within the vehicle along a track, the track extending in a direction having a component in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle and in a width-wise direction of the vehicle; and rotating the vehicle seat relative to the track.
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1. A method of moving a vehicle seat, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a vehicle seat mounted to a track by a vehicle seat coupling within a vehicle interior, wherein the track includes a first portion angled towards a mid plane of the vehicle interior in a first direction, and a second portion angled away from the mid plane of the vehicle interior in a second direction; translating the vehicle seat along the first portion of the track in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle and in a width-wise direction of the vehicle from a first position to a second position; translating the vehicle seat along the second portion of the track in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle and in a width-wise direction of the vehicle from the second position to a third position, wherein the first position defines a first end of the track, and further wherein the third position defines a second end of the track; rotating the vehicle seat on the vehicle seat coupling from a first orientation to a second orientation relative to the track, wherein the second orientation is an opposed orientation relative to the first orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A vehicle seat coupling, comprising:
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a track having first and second portions extending in both a lengthwise direction of a vehicle and a width-wise direction of the vehicle, the first and second portions configured in opposed configurations, wherein the first portion of the track translates the vehicle seat towards a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and further wherein the second portion of the track translates the vehicle seat away from the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; a support element rotatably and slideably received in the track; and a vehicle seat supported on the support element and configured to translate along the track and rotate relative to the track. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A vehicle seat coupling, comprising:
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first, second and third intersecting tracks extending in both lengthwise and width-wise directions of a vehicle; and a vehicle seat moveably supported on the tracks by first, second and third support elements configured to translate along the tracks and rotate relative to the tracks, wherein the first, second and third support elements are respectively received in the first, second and third tracks. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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