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US 10,377,315 B2Granted
In-board seat storage
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKristin Ann Hellman, Christian J. Hosbach, Artur Stanislavovich Sakarian, Annette Lynn Huebner
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Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat and a seatback. The seatback further includes a compartment in a side portion of the seatback. The compartment is pivotably and resiliently coupled to the side portion.
Claims19
A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a seatback;
- and
- a compartment in a side portion of the seatback, wherein the compartment is pivotably coupled to the side portion at a lower region and resiliently coupled to the side portion at an upper region, and wherein the resilient coupling of the side portion at the upper region biases the compartment to a fully-closed position, and wherein the compartment is equipped with retention material along vertical sections of the compartment that retain items stored in the compartment when the compartment is in an open position.
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A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a seatback;
- and
- a compartment in a side portion of the seatback, wherein the compartment is pivotably coupled to the side portion at a lower region and resiliently coupled to the side portion at an upper region, and wherein the resilient coupling of the side portion at the upper region biases the compartment to a fully-closed position.
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A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a seatback;
- and
- a compartment in a side portion of the seatback, wherein the compartment is pivotably and resiliently coupled to the side portion, and wherein the resilient coupling biases the compartment to a fully-closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.