SEATING SOLUTIONS FOR A VEHICLE

Abstract

A vehicle includes a passenger compartment. A wall is positioned within the passenger compartment. A support structure is positioned on the wall. The support structure defines a series of slots. A seating assembly engages at least one of the slots of the series of slots such that the seating assembly is suspended above a floor of the passenger compartment.

Description

Claims

1. A vehicle, comprising: a passenger compartment;a wall positioned within the passenger compartment;a support structure positioned on the wall, wherein the support structure defines a series of slots; anda seating assembly that engages at least one of the slots of the series of slots such that the seating assembly is suspended above a floor of the passenger compartment.

2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the seating assembly comprises a seat, and wherein the seat comprises a seat engagement member that is received within one of the slots of the series of slots.

3. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the seat of the seating assembly is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position.

4. The vehicle of claim 3, wherein the stowed position of the seat and the deployed position of the seat are displaced from one another by a rotation of the seat about an axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle of claim 4, wherein the seat is rotated by at least about ninety degrees when the seat is transitioned between the stowed position and the deployed position.

6. The vehicle of claim 5, wherein the seat is rotated by about one-hundred-eighty degrees when the seat is transitioned between the stowed position and the deployed position.

7. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein a surface of the wall provides a seatback of the seating assembly.

8. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the support structure comprises an upper support structure and a lower support structure, and wherein the series of slots are defined by each of the upper support structure and the lower support structure.

9. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein the seating assembly comprises a seat, and wherein the seat comprises a seat engagement member that is received within one of the slots of the series of slots defined by the lower support structure.

10. The vehicle of claim 9, wherein the seating assembly comprises a seatback, and wherein the seatback comprises a seatback engagement member that is received within one of the slots of the series of slots defined by the upper support structure.

11. The vehicle of claim 10, wherein the seat and the seatback are each independently suspended above the floor of the passenger compartment.

12. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the seat engagement member is configured for coupling to a rear side of a primary seating assembly, and wherein such coupling of the seat to the rear side of the primary seating assembly enables an auxiliary seating assembly.

13. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the seat engagement member is configured for coupling to a location on the vehicle that is remote from the passenger compartment.

14. The vehicle of claim 12, wherein the auxiliary seating assembly comprises an auxiliary seatback.

15. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein the auxiliary seating assembly comprises auxiliary side bolsters that extend from an upper edge of the auxiliary seatback downwardly along at least a portion of right and left sides of the auxiliary seatback.

16. The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising: an accessory that is configured for engagement with at least one of the slots of the series of slots.

17. A vehicle, comprising: a passenger compartment;a wall positioned within the passenger compartment;a support structure positioned on the wall, wherein the support structure defines a series of slots; anda seating assembly that engages at least one of the slots of the series of slots such that the seating assembly is suspended above a floor of the passenger compartment, wherein the seating assembly comprises a seat, wherein the seat comprises a seat engagement member that is received within one of the slots of the series of slots, wherein the seat of the seating assembly is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein the stowed position of the seat and the deployed position of the seat are displaced from one another by a rotation of the seat about an axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

18. The vehicle of claim 17, wherein the seat is rotated by about one-hundred-eighty degrees when the seat is transitioned between the stowed position and the deployed position.

19. The vehicle of claim 17, wherein the seat engagement member is configured for coupling to a rear side of a primary seating assembly, and wherein such coupling of the seat to the rear side of the primary seating assembly enables an auxiliary seating assembly.

20. The vehicle of claim 17, wherein the seat engagement member is configured for coupling to a location on the vehicle that is remote from the passenger compartment.