A RETRACTABLE AUTOMOTIVE SEAT ASSEMBLY

摘要

A retractable automotive seat assembly (10) having a seat back and a seat cushion. The seat assembly is moveable within an interior of a passenger vehicle (12) between an operative position for supporting an occupant and a stowed position with the seat back stored against a headliner of the vehicle and the seat cushion recessed within a floor (22) of the vehicle. The seat back is pivotally mounted to the headliner of the vehicle. A pair of upper retaining latches are mounted to a side wall of the vehicle for securing the seat back in a roof (28) storing position disposed above the seat cushion and adjacent the headliner. A pair of lower retaining latches (24, 30) are mounted to the side wall of the vehicle below the upper retaining latches (30) for securing the seat back in a seat back operative position abutting at least a portion of the seat cushion . A pair of seat cushion brackets are mounted to the seat cushion for supporting and pivoting the seat cushion independently from the seat bac k between a seat cushion operative position and a floor (22) storing position with the seat cushion pivoting downwardly into a cavity recessed within the floor (22) of the vehicle. The seat cushion also includes a pair of seat cushion retaining latches for securing the seat cushion inthe seat cushion operative position.