US 7,393,038 B2
Vehicle seat, vehicle seat storage structure and vehicle seat structure
Kiyoshi Yajima, Sagamihara (Japan); Yuichi Tsukada, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (US); Koji Kamida, Utsunomiya (Japan); Hidetaka Shinozaki, Utsunomiya (Japan); and Tamotsu Oishi, Haga-gun (Japan)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/544,977
PCT Filed Feb. 10, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/001428
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 03, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/071801, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-035206 (JP), filed on Feb. 13, 2003; and application No. 2003-286715 (JP), filed on Aug. 05, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0013204 A1, Jan. 18, 2007
Int. Cl. B60N 2/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 296—65.03  [296/64; 296/65.13; 297/15] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat storing structure comprising:
a first vehicle seat having a seat base detachably mounted on a vehicle floor, a seat cushion detachably provided on said seat base, and a backrest foldably supported on said seat base; and
a recess provided in said vehicle floor or an area under a second vehicle seat, wherein said seat cushion is removed from said seat base, and said seat cushion and said seat base with said backrest folded are juxtaposed to be stored in said recess or said area under said second vehicle seat.