A rear seat assembly for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a support frame having a pair of spaced frame rails extending along the length of the vehicle and a body mounted on the support frame. The rear seat assembly comprises a rear seat including a rear seat cushion. The rear seat defines a left seat sections a center seat section and a right seat section. The rear seat has a first end section supported on one of the frame rails and a second end section supported on the other frame rail. A frame member is mounted to the body. The frame member is positioned generally beneath the center seat section of the rear seat. The frame member is configured to provide additional support to the center seat section. The frame member at least partially displaces the rear seat cushion to raise an occupant of the center seat section and balances a thickness of the rear seat cushion under an occupant of one of the left and right seat sections.

Rear seat hidden storage

A vehicle includes a seat moveable between a horizontal seating position and a vertical raised position. An under-seat space is defined between a floor surface of the vehicle and a bottom surface of the seat. A collapsible storage system is stowable under the seat, flat against the bottom surface of the seat when not needed for storage, and is positionable on the floor to define a lateral boundary wall to convert the under-seat space into an enclosed storage space.

Stowable under-seat storage system and method of organizing a passenger compartment of a vehicle

A panel member assembly forming a pocket, and a method for fabricating the panel member assembly is provided. The panel member assembly including a panel including a non-linear slot which may be a generally U-shaped slot, an insert which is inserted into the slot to form the pocket, and a retainer attachable to the panel to retain the insert in the slot. The panel includes one or more attaching features and the retainer includes one or more attaching features to attach the panel and the retainer to each other, thereby retaining the insert in the slot. In a preferred embodiment, the retainer may be heat staked to the panel. The insert may include one or more additional features, such as cording, loops or rickrack to attach the pocket to the panel or the retainer.

Seat panel pocket and method

A vehicle includes a seat base and a folding seat back pivotally connected to the seat base. The folding seat back includes at least one of a contoured rear surface for retaining a child lying thereon when the seat back is folded onto the seat base in a fold-down position and a hinged panel pivotally attached to a rear side of the seat back that is moveable to an open position wherein an inner side of the hinged panel faces upward to provide an extended support surface for a child lying on the rear side of the seat back.

Vehicle seat assembly with changing station

A seating system for a vehicle includes a first seat configured for supporting a driver of the vehicle and a second seat disposed adjacent the first seat and configured for supporting a passenger of the vehicle. The second seat includes a collapsible bin configured for storing one or more articles.

Collapsible bin for a vehicle seat

A passenger's seat (20) has a seat cushion (28) and a seat back (30) that can fold down onto the seat cushion. A storage module (34) is recessed into the rear of the seat back and can be conveniently accessed by a driver in a driver's seat (22) along side the passenger' seat when the passenger's seat's seat back is folded onto its seat cushion. The driver can also pull a storage bin (32) out from underneath the passenger's seat to access the interior of the bin.

Passenger seat having driver-accessible storage modules

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