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US 10,245,982 B2Granted
Vehicle seat with laterally collapsing portion
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsUmer Khalid, John Wayne Jaranson, Johnathan Andrew Line
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes cushion and a seatback coupled with the cushion. At least one of the seatback and the cushion includes a base body defining an internal cavity open on a side of the base portion and a secondary body slidably mounted with the base body so as to be extendible out of the internal cavity beyond the side of the base body and retractable at least partially within the cavity.
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A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a cushion coupled with a seatback,
- each of the seatback and the cushion including:
- a respective base body defining an internal cavity open on a side of the base body;
- and
- a respective secondary body slidably mounted with the respective base body so as to be extendible out of the respective internal cavity beyond the side of the respective base body and retractable at least partially within the respective internal cavity.
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A vehicle seat assembly, comprising:
- a first side portion including a first cushion and a first seatback;
- a second side portion including a second cushion and a second seatback and slidably mounted with respect to the first side portion, wherein at least one of the first side portion and the second side portion defines an internal cavity;
- and
- a central portion coupled between at least one of the first and second cushions or the first and second seatbacks of the first side portion and the second side portion and collapsible during sliding of the second side portion toward the first side portion.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a seat, including:
- a cushion;
- and
- a seatback coupled with the cushion;
- wherein the cushion includes:
- a first base body defining an internal cavity open on a side of the base body;
- and
- a secondary body slidably mounted with the base so as to be extendible out of the cavity beyond the side of the base body and retractable at least partially within the cavity;
- and
- wherein the seatback includes a second base body defining an internal cavity open on a side of the second base body facing the side of the first base body, the secondary body being further slideably mounted with the second base body so as to be extendible out of the internal cavity of the second base body beyond the side thereof and retractable at least partially within the cavity of the second base body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.