US 6,981,730 B2
Seat storage system
Seth E. Bixby, Holland, Mich. (US)
Assigned to Johnson Controls Technology Company, Plymouth, Mich. (US)
Appl. No. 10/495,053
PCT Filed Nov. 05, 2002, PCT No. PCT/US02/35468
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 05, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/039908, PCT Pub. Date May 15, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/346085, filed on Nov. 07, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0245797 A1, Dec. 09, 2004
Int. Cl. B60N 3/12 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 296—37.15 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat storage system comprising:
a vehicle seat having a seat back and a seat section wherein the seat section is adapted to be mounted for movement between a generally horizontal seating position and a raised, stored position substantially flush with the seat back, wherein said seat section includes a bottom and at least one guide extending longitudinally along said bottom;
a storage recess formed in said seat bottom; and
a panel slidably mounted to said guide for extending from a position aligned with the bottom of the seat for covering said storage recess to a position projecting laterally from said aligned position.