A stowable seat arrangement can include a seat having a seat back pivotably coupled to a seat bottom. A pair of front and rear legs can be pivotably coupled to the seat bottom. A first floor panel can be fixed to the pair of front legs. An access panel can be pivotably coupled to the vehicle and the
A stowable seat arrangement can include a seat having a seat back pivotably coupled to a seat bottom. A pair of front and rear legs can be pivotably coupled to the seat bottom. A first floor panel can be fixed to the pair of front legs. An access panel can be pivotably coupled to the vehicle and the front legs. The seat can selectively articulate from a deployed to a stowed position where the seat is adapted to be received in a stowage recess of the vehicle. The articulation of the seat can automatically open the access panel to provide access to the recess and then close the access panel upon the seat being in the stowed position. The first floor panel can automatically move to a substantially horizontal position relative to a vehicle floor to provide a flat load floor configuration when the seat is in the stowed position.
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1. A stowable seat arrangement for a vehicle having a floor, comprising: a seat having a seat back pivotably coupled to a seat bottom;a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs each pivotably coupled to the seat bottom;a first floor panel fixed to the pair of front legs and movable therewith;an ac
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A stowable seat arrangement for a vehicle having a floor, comprising: a seat having a seat back pivotably coupled to a seat bottom;a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs each pivotably coupled to the seat bottom;a first floor panel fixed to the pair of front legs and movable therewith;an access panel assembly pivotably coupled to the vehicle and the pair of front legs; andthe seat configured to selectively articulate from a deployed position to a stowed position where the seat is adapted to be received in a stowage recess of the vehicle, the articulation of the seat from the deployed position to the stowed position configured to automatically open the access panel assembly to provide access to the stowage recess and then close the access panel assembly upon the seat being in the stowed position, the first floor panel being positioned substantially vertical to the vehicle floor when the seat is in the deployed position and configured to automatically move to a substantially horizontal position relative to the vehicle floor to provide a flat vehicle load floor configuration when the seat is in the stowed position. 2. The seat arrangement of claim 1, further comprising a pair telescoping seat track assemblies each having an inner track coupled to the seat bottom and an outer track selectively slidably coupled to the inner track, the outer tracks being pivotably coupled to the pair of front legs and the pair of rear legs. 3. The seat arrangement of claim 1, further comprising: a pair of floor tracks coupled to the vehicle; anda pair of rollers coupled to the seat bottom and operatively associated with the rear legs, the rollers being configured to engage the floor tracks during articulation of the seat from the deployed position to the stowed position. 4. The seat arrangement of claim 1, wherein the access panel assembly includes an outer access panel and an inner access panel, the outer access panel pivotably coupled to the pair of front legs at one end and pivotably coupled to the vehicle at an opposite end, the inner access panel pivotably coupled to the outer access panel at an end adjacent the pair of front legs and independently moveable relative to the outer access panel. 5. The seat arrangement of claim 4, wherein articulation of the seat from the deployed position toward the stowed position raises a forward end of the seat such that the pair of front legs raise from the vehicle floor and pivot the access panel assembly about the opposite end of the outer access panel coupled to the vehicle. 6. The seat arrangement of claim 4, wherein the outer access panel surrounds the inner access panel. 7. The seat arrangement of claim 1, wherein the pair of rear legs each further comprise: a first leg member coupled to the seat bottom;a second leg member pivotably releasably coupled to the first leg member at one end and coupled to the vehicle at an opposite end; anda roller coupled to the seat. 8. The seat arrangement of claim 7, further comprising a pair of floor tracks coupled to the vehicle, each floor track of the pair of floor tracks operatively associated with the roller of each of the pair of rear legs; wherein the rollers are configured to be spaced apart from the floor tracks when the seat is in the deployed position and configured to be received in the floor tracks when the second leg members of the pair of rear legs align with the pair of floor tracks during articulation from the deployed position of the seat to the stowed position of the seat. 9. The seat arrangement of claim 8, wherein the rollers are configured to engage the floor tracks at a first end of the floor tracks adjacent the rear legs and move along the floor tracks in a direction away from the second leg members as the seat articulates from the deployed position to the stowed position such that the seat bottom is inverted in the stowed position of the seat and positioned under the seat back. 10. The seat arrangement of claim 8, further comprising a second floor panel coupled to each of the second leg members, the second floor panels configured to be substantially flush with the vehicle floor and cover the respective second leg members when the second leg members are aligned with the floor tracks. 11. The seat arrangement of claim 10, wherein the first and second floor panels and the access panel assembly are configured to automatically move with the seat during articulation from the deployed position to the stowed position such that the first and second floor panels and the access panel assembly are in a substantially horizontal position relative to the vehicle floor to provide the flat vehicle load floor configuration when the seat is in the stowed position. 12. The seat arrangement of claim 8, wherein each first leg member of the pair of rear legs comprises shaft having a pair of opposed slots formed in an outer surface thereof; and wherein each second leg member of the pair of rear legs comprises a channel formed at the one end and in communication with a shaft support region, the channel sized and shaped to permit the first leg member to slide out of the shaft support region when the pair of opposed slots are aligned with the channel and capture the shaft in the shaft support region when the pair of opposed slots are misaligned with the channel. 13. The seat arrangement of claim 12, wherein each roller is operatively associated with one of the first leg members such that the rollers are releasable from the second leg members and engage the floor tracks when the second leg members are aligned with the floor tracks and the pair of opposed slots of each first leg member is aligned with the channel of each second leg member. 14. A stowable seat arrangement for a vehicle having a floor, comprising: a seat having a seat back pivotably coupled to a seat bottom;a pair of seat tracks each having an inner track coupled to the seat bottom and an outer track selectively moveable relative to the inner track;a pair of front legs pivotably coupled to the outer tracks;a pair of rear legs, each rear leg including a first leg member coupled to the outer tracks and a second leg member releasably pivotably coupled at one end to the first leg member and pivotably coupled to the vehicle at a second end;a roller operatively associated with each of the first leg members;a pair of floor tracks coupled to the vehicle floor;a first floor panel fixed to the pair of front legs and movable therewith; andan access panel assembly pivotably coupled to the vehicle at a first end and to the pair of front legs and a second opposite end;the seat configured to selectively articulate from a deployed position to a stowed position where the seat is adapted to be received in a stowage recess of the vehicle, the rollers configured to be received in the floor tracks and guided thereby during articulation of the seat from the deployed position to the stowed position;the articulation of the seat from the deployed position to the stowed position configured to automatically open the access panel assembly to provide access to the stowage recess and then close the access panel assembly upon the seat being in the stowed position;the first floor panel being positioned at an angle relative to the vehicle floor when the seat is in the deployed position and configured to automatically move to a substantially horizontal position relative to the vehicle floor to provide a flat vehicle load floor configuration along with the first floor panel when the seat is in the stowed position. 15. The seat arrangement of claim 14, wherein each second leg member comprises a second floor panel coupled thereto, the first floor panel, the second floor panel and the access panel assembly configured to automatically move during articulation of the seat to a substantially horizontal position relative to the vehicle floor to provide the flat vehicle load floor configuration when the seat is in the stowed position. 16. The seat arrangement of claim 14, wherein the pair of seat tracks nest between the pair of front legs when the seat is in the deployed position. 17. The seat arrangement of claim 14, wherein the access panel assembly includes an outer access panel and an inner access panel, the outer access panel pivotably coupled to the pair of front legs at one end and pivotably coupled to the vehicle at an opposite end, the inner access panel pivotably coupled to the outer access panel at an end adjacent the pair of front legs and independently moveably relative to the outer access panel. 18. The seat arrangement of claim 14, wherein each first leg member comprises shaft having a pair of opposed slots formed in an outer surface thereof at an end opposite an end coupled to the outer tracks; and wherein each second leg member comprises a channel formed at the one end and in communication with a shaft support region, the channel sized and shaped to permit the first leg member to slide out of the shaft support region when the pair of opposed slots are aligned with the channel and to pivotably capture the shaft in the shaft support region when the pair of opposed slots are misaligned with the channel. 19. The seat arrangement of claim 18, wherein the second leg members are configured to align with floor tracks during articulation of the seat from the deployed position to the stowed position and, upon such alignment, the first leg members are configured to be released from the second leg members thereby releasing the rollers into the floor tracks. 20. The seat arrangement of claim 19, wherein the seat is configured to be guided by the rollers in the floor tracks to facilitate stowing the seat in the stowage recess in an inverted position where the seat back is positioned under the seat bottom.
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