US 7,578,536 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 Tomotsu Oishi, Haga-gun (Japan)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Mar. 03, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/41,043.
Application 12/041043 is a continuation of application No. 10/544977, granted, now 7,393,038, previously published as PCT/JP2004/001428, filed on Feb. 10, 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 2008/0157579 A1, Jul. 03, 2008
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60N 2/12 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 296—65.03  [296/65.08; 296/65.11] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat base configured to detachably and reattachably mount on a vehicle floor, said seat base including a base portion;
a seat cushion detachably provided on the base portion; and
a backrest;
wherein the base portion contacts said backrest when said seat cushion is detached and said backrest is folded;
wherein said seat base further includes:
a backrest support portion provided at a rear part of said seat base that foldably supports said backrest;
a first foldable leg, including:
an upper part rotatably attached to a first side of said base portion, and
a lower part, including a first locking mechanism that detachably and reattachably secures to said vehicle floor, wherein when said first locking mechanism is secured to said vehicle floor, said first foldable lea extends vertically towards said vehicle floor; and
a second foldable leg, including:
an upper part rotatably attached to a second side of said base portion,
a lower part, including a second locking mechanism that detachably and reattachably secures to said vehicle floor, wherein when said second locking mechanism is secured to said vehicle floor, said second foldable lea extends vertically towards said vehicle floor, and
a placement surface provided on said second foldable leg for placing said seat cushion that is detached from said base portion, wherein when said second foldable leg is folded with respect to said seat base, so as to be positioned at a side of said seat base and substantially parallel to said seat base, said placement surface faces upward.