Inflatable/deflatable seat with stowable collapsing frame

US9016778B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kristin Ann Hellman · Gaylord, US
• Ryan Welch · Ottawa Lake, US
• Christopher Stone · Newtown, US
• Jeffrey Nowak · Huntington Woods, US
• Artur Sakarian · Birmingham, US
• Annette Lynn Huebner · White Lake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 20, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2205/30
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seating assembly comprises a base having an upper rim and a receptacle below the rim, a seatback having upper and lower sections operable at an intermediate hinge between opened and closed positions and frame members operably coupling the base with the seatback, and operable between a use position, wherein the seatback is above the base, and a stowed position, wherein the seatback is in front of and below the rim.