US Patent 7300090 Split seat stowage system

A seat assembly for a motor vehicle with a seat bottom attached to a forward leg at a first upper pivot, and a seat back attached to a rear leg. The forward leg is attached to the vehicle at a first lower pivot and rear leg is attached to the vehicle at a second lower pivot. The vehicle includes a floor with a first seat receiving recess in front of the forward leg and a second seat receiving recess behind the rear leg. The seat assembly is capable of being moved between a deployed position and a stowed position in which the seat bottom and forward leg are placed in the first seat receiving recess and the seat back and rearward leg are placed in the second seat receiving recess.