Vehicle seat that tips and kneels and folds into a stowage well

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7255384
APP PUB NO 20070096496A1
SERIAL NO

11163827

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A vehicle seat assembly is attached to a floor attachment bracket by pivoted front and rear leg assemblies is disclosed. A seat base frame, the floor attachment bracket and the front and rear leg assemblies form a four bar link that support the seat assembly on a floor pan of a vehicle. The floor pan defines a stowage well in which the seat assembly may be selectively stored. The four bar link may be rotated to a limited extent when the seat back frame is in its normal seating position to provide a tip and kneel position. In the tip and kneel position the seat is disposed intermediate the seating position and fully stowed position with the seat back upright to provide improved ingress and egress to areas of the vehicle behind the seat assembly.

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  • LEAR CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Calvert, Kyle Sterling Heights, MI 11 225
Dlugosz, Artur W Sterling Heights, MI 6 143
Glinka, Paul J Waterford, MI 2 44
Klein, James Rochester Hills, MI 18 226
Kolena, David Bloomfield Hills, MI 5 91
Kresky, Fred Rochester Hills, MI 3 63
Phillips, Brian D Almont, MI 9 119
Saberan, Mohammad New Baltimore, MI 18 496
Vakil, Sanjay Troy, MI 15 197

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