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Vehicle seat arrangement

  • US 6,106,046 A
  • Filed: 02/12/1998
  • Issued: 08/22/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Vehicle with at least one rear seat located behind a front seat as viewed in the direction of travel, said rear seat comprising a seat part mounted on the vehicle floor and a seat back mounted pivotably thereto, with a floor pan located in the vehicle floor in front of the rear seat to receive the rear seat when folded together by folding the seat back onto the seat part, with the edge of the floor pan being flush with the floor and with a folding mechanism to pivot the folded rear seat into the floor pan,wherein said folding mechanism has two front and two rear supports, each support being designed to pivot around a respective pivot axis defined by the seat part, the pivot axis being aligned in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, said supports securing the rear seat in its operating position at a preset seat height above the vehicle floor,wherein the two front supports are mounted so that their ends remote from the seat part can pivot around a pivot axis aligned transversely to the lengthwise direction of the vehicle and defined below the vehicle floor, andwherein the two rear supports are each secured in a bearing accommodated in the vehicle floor, the bearings for the two rear supports being designed as support bearings in which ends of the supports are releasably received.

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