US 7,510,227 B2
Vehicle rear seat
Jennifer Mahaffy, Tipton, Mich. (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, Ky. (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/693,780.
Prior Publication US 2008/0238125 A1, Oct. 02, 2008
Int. Cl. B60N 2/005 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 296—64  [296/65.09; 296/65.11] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automotive vehicle comprising:
a front row having two seats and a rear row having three seats;
a floor extending transversely between opposite sides of the vehicle;
the three seats of the rear row having an outboard seat and an inboard seat arranged in a transversely extending row along the floor of the vehicle, wherein the inboard seat is a center seat disposed at an inboard position and the outboard seat is disposed at an outboard position,
the inboard seat being slidably coupled to the floor by a set of tracks for transverse sliding movement between the inboard and outboard positions;
the outboard seat being tiltable forwardly about a single pivot to a stowed position to accommodate displacement of the inboard seat between the inboard and outboard positions;
the inboard seat being substantially aligned behind the outboard seat when the outboard seat is in the stowed position and the inboard seat is in the outboard position, whereby a user standing outside the motor vehicle has improved access to the inboard seat when in the outboard position.