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US 8,029,038 · App. 11/972,969 · Granted Oct 4, 2011

Table and seat system for a vehicle

Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,029,038
App. No.
11/972,969
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A passenger vehicle comprising a vehicle body and at least one seat is provided. The vehicle body includes a front end and a rear end. The seat is mounted within the rear end of the vehicle for translating from a first stowed position within the rear end of the vehicle to a first deployed position which is exterior to the vehicle.

Claims (7)

1. A passenger vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body having a front end and a rear end, the vehicle body having an interior with a rear cargo region that includes a load floor, the vehicle body having a rear opening for providing access to the rear cargo region,

a retractable table mounted in the rear cargo region and defining a portion of the load floor in the rear cargo region for translating from a first stowed position within the rear cargo region to a first deployed position which is exterior to the vehicle body,

at least one seat including a first seat and a second seat mounted within the rear end and below the load floor for translating from a second stowed position within the rear end to a second deployed position which is exterior to the vehicle body, and

a bumper fascia in the rear end and defining a first opening and a second opening, the first opening for slideably receiving the first seat and the second opening for slideably receiving the second seat.

2. The passenger vehicle of claim 1 wherein the retractable table, when in the second deployed position, is positioned with the at least one seat when the at least one seat is in the second deployed position.

3. The passenger vehicle of claim 1 wherein the at least one seat slides from the second stowed position to the second deployed position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2008
From: WOODHOUSE, DAVID; MARKEVICH, ANDREI; WHEELER, CHRISTOPHER
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 020681/0042 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090179447A1 · Jul 16, 2009