Flip seat arrangement having upper seat back pivot
View Patent ↗A rear seat assembly of a passenger cabin of a pick-up truck includes a rear seat cushion and a rear seat back, each rotatable such that a bottom surface of the rotated rear seat back can rest upon a rear end of the rotated seat cushion to provide a storage space beneath the rotated seat back and between the rotated seat cushion and a rear wall of the passenger cabin. The cargo bed of the truck may be extended into the storage space by providing an access door thereto in a front wall of the cargo bed in communication with a corresponding opening in the rear wall of the passenger cabin.
1. A flexible auxiliary storage arrangement for a vehicle having a passenger cabin and a cargo bed extending rearwardly from a rear wall of the passenger cabin, the arrangement comprising:
an opening in the rear wall of the passenger cabin in communication with an opening in a front wall of the cargo bed, whereby a length of the cargo bed is extended into a rear portion of the passenger cabin;
a movable door in the cargo bed closing off the opening in the front wall of the cargo bed, wherein the movable door includes at least one hinge at a bottom edge thereof;
a recessed depression in a floor of the cargo bed for mating receipt of the door when rotated down about the at least one hinge to expose the opening in the front wall of the cargo bed; and
a bag assembly having a rigid end panel sized for mating closure of the opening in the rear wall of the passenger cabin when the bag assembly is not in use and side walls fashioned from a flexible fabric defining with the end panel an extendable storage volume in communication with the cargo bed via the opening in the front wall of the cargo bed whenever the rigid end panel is moved into the passenger cabin.
2. The arrangement of claim 1 further comprising a releasable latch positioned inside the bag assembly for selective opening and closing of the movable door; and
an opening in a wall of the bag assembly enabling access to the releasable latch from inside the passenger cabin.
3. The arrangement of claim 2 wherein the opening includes a disengageable sealing element.
4. The arrangement of claim 3 wherein the disengageable sealing element comprises a zipper.