Seating element and seating system

US8226166B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schukra Geratebau GmbH · AT

Inventors

• Jan Petzel · Tübingen, DE
• Thomas Preiss · Mehlingen, DE
• Veit Stoessel · Koblenzer Straße, DE
• David A. Swan · Shoreview, US
• Renato Colja · Windsor, CA
• Roland Och · Rottendorf, DE
• Werner Steger · Mississauga, CA
• Klaus A. Wieder · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/99
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seating element has an archable element with a first side to face an occupant of a seat when the seating element is installed in a seat and a second side opposite of the first side. A pneumatic arching element is arranged at the second side of the archable element.