US Patent 7410199 Vehicle including a retractable sliding seat

A vehicle is disclosed compi isingi a floor; a seat presenting an in-use position and a storage position; a runnet extending along a sliding direction, the tunnet being mounted to turn on the floor about an axis of rotation extending transversely to the sliding direction; and a translation-locking device having an active state and inactive state. The vehicle ftrrther comprises a rotation-locking device having an active state and an inactive state; and a control system for automatically placing the translation-locking device in its inactive state during at least a portion of the displacement of the seat between the in-use position and the storage position.