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Origami armrest

US10765221B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

9References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC · US

Inventors

Cedric Ketels · Mountain View, US
Christian Neyrinck · Stadthagen, DE
Rodney S. Goodrich · Watervliet, US
Thomas Dessapt · Auburn Hills, US
Helene Chassaing · Hannover, DE
Robert C. Fitzpatrick · Holland, US
Delphine Mace · Nozay, FR
Sascha Heiden · Langenhagen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 2, 2018
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 2, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47B23/06
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A portable armrest is manually convertible between a deployed configuration and a folded configuration and includes a lap portion, an arm portion, and a support portion. The support portion vertically spaces the arm portion from the lap portion when the lap portion is positioned on the lap of a seated user with the armrest in a deployed configuration, and the weight of an extended arm of the user is transferred to the lap when the arm is rested on the arm portion. The armrest is formed as a segmented panel including a plurality of rigid segments interconnected into a unitary piece by flexible joints along the perimeter of each segment. The deployed armrest enables users to relax their extended arms while bringing a handheld device into viewing range without lowering their heads. The armrest can be folded into a small packaging space for portability.

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