Slouch rear seat

US9358906B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lear Corporation · US

Inventors

• Alex Taylor · Chelsea, US
• Rodger Smith · Jefferson, US
• Adrian J. Lewis · Nuneaton, GB
• Clive Pearce · Kenilworth, GB
• Wayne Meyrick · Nuneaton, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/02258
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A slouch rear seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back pivotally mounted to the seat bottom, and a driver for moving the slouch rear seat between a design position and a fully forward position. Characteristically, the seat bottom moves from the design position to the fully forward position by the seat bottom moving upward and forward in a manner that avoids a vehicle occupant contacting the top of the vehicle cabin.