Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enables repositioning of a seat cushion to put a vehicle passenger seat in a lounge mode. In a particular example, an apparatus includes the seat cushion, a forward support affixed at a first end to an underside of the seat cushion, and a first pivot connecting a second end of the forward support to a vehicle floor. The forward support and the seat cushion rotate around the pivot between a driving position and a lounge position. The apparatus further includes a rearward support that, when in a deployed position, supports a rearward end of the seat cushion from where the forward support is affixed in the lounge position. The rearward support is in a stowed position when the seat cushion is in the driving position. The apparatus also includes a second pivot around which the rearward support rotates between the deployed position and the stowed position.

Abstract: An assembly for sealing a front door and a rear door in a door opening on a vehicle lacking a conventional, separate B-pillar. The front door carries an adaptor at a lower rear end thereof that defines a generally sharp corner over which a portion of the front door seal extends. The rear door defines a sealing surface that is engaged by the portion of the front door seal extending over the adaptor. The rear door includes a rear door seal, a portion of which extends over an outer surface of the rear door and is engaged a sealing surface provided by the front door. At least a portion of the rear door seal and sealing surface are integrally formed by a sealing boot disposed over a lower end of the rear door so as to create a seal-to-seal type engagement between the front and rear doors.