Abstract: An accessory tray for a vehicle may include a console adjacent to a front passenger seat, the front passenger seat having a seat pan and/or structure and a seat cushion. An accessory tray is positioned under a front portion of the seat cushion when the accessory tray is in a closed position. The accessory tray has a first end coupled to the seat pan adjacent to the console via a pivot mechanism, and a second free end. In operation, the accessory tray pivots via the pivot mechanism, causing the second free end of the accessory tray to move toward the console or perpendicular to the seat in open position where the accessory tray is adjacent to the console to receive an accessory item.

Abstract: A folding furniture piece including: a spring mechanism including a flange; an articulated vertebral column including multiple vertebral members arranged and operatively connected via one or more connecting members to form a flexible unit including the vertebral column and an object base; a locking mechanism located on the object base; the spring mechanism exhibiting properties such that the folding furniture piece assumes an unfolded state where both the vertebral column and spring mechanism are substantially straight to provide a closed sitting surface and, in response to a bending force, assumes a folded state where both the vertebral column and spring mechanism are curved to expose the sitting surface on which an object can rest, and where, in response to the bending force, the spring mechanism travels along the object base such that the locking mechanism operatively interlocks with the flange and the folding furniture piece remains in the folded state.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are for providing an accessory tray for a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus may include a console adjacent to a front passenger seat, the front passenger seat having a seat pan and/or structure and a seat cushion. An accessory tray is positioned under a front portion of the seat cushion when the accessory tray is in a closed position. The accessory tray has a first end coupled to the seat pan adjacent to the console via a pivot mechanism, and a second free end. In operation, the accessory tray pivots via the pivot mechanism, causing the second free end of the accessory tray to move toward the console or perpendicular to the seat in open position where the accessory tray is adjacent to the console to receive an accessory item.

Abstract: A folding furniture piece including: a spring mechanism including a flange; an articulated vertebral column including multiple vertebral members arranged and operatively connected via one or more connecting members to form a flexible unit including the vertebral column and an object base; a locking mechanism located on the object base; the spring mechanism exhibiting properties such that the folding furniture piece assumes an unfolded state where both the vertebral column and spring mechanism are substantially straight to provide a closed sitting surface and, in response to a bending force, assumes a folded state where both the vertebral column and spring mechanism are curved to expose the sitting surface on which an object can rest, and where, in response to the bending force, the spring mechanism travels along the object base such that the locking mechanism operatively interlocks with the flange and the folding furniture piece remains in the folded state.