Method of configuring a vehicle seating assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorAlan George Dry
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Abstract
A method of configuring a vehicle seating assembly includes the step of providing a vehicle seating assembly that has a seat rotational member that rotatably couples a lower leg support to a seat and a seatback rotational member that rotatably couples the seat to a seatback. The method further includes the step of receiving input of a user's desired configuration of the vehicle seating assembly. The method still further includes the step of actuating at least one of the seat rotational member and the seatback rotational member responsive to the input received.
Claims20
A method of configuring a vehicle seating assembly, comprising:
- providing said vehicle seating assembly having a headrest rotational member that rotatably couples a headrest to a seatback and a seatback rotational member that rotatably couples a seat to the seatback;
- receiving input of a user's desired configuration of said vehicle seating assembly;
- actuating at least one of the headrest rotational member and the seatback rotational member responsive to the input;
- adjusting the pressure of a plurality of fluid cells that are provided in an inflatable member of said vehicle seating assembly;
- and
- actuating the headrest rotational member such that the headrest nests within a recess of the seatback.
A method of configuring a vehicle seating assembly, comprising the steps of:
- providing the vehicle seating assembly having a seat rotational member that rotatably couples a lower leg support to a seat and a seatback rotational member that rotatably couples the seat to a seatback;
- receiving input of a user's desired configuration of the vehicle seating assembly;
- actuating at least one of the seat rotational member and the seatback rotational member responsive to the input to configure the vehicle seat assembly in the desired configuration;
- adjusting the pressure of a plurality of fluid cells that are provided in an inflatable member of said vehicle seating assembly;
- and
- actuating the seat rotational member such that the lower leg support nests within a recess of the seat.
A method of configuring a vehicle seating assembly, comprising the steps of:
- providing said vehicle seating assembly having a seat rotational member that rotatably couples a lower leg support to a seat, a seatback rotational member that rotatably couples the seat to a seatback, and a headrest rotational member that rotatably couples the seatback to a headrest;
- receiving input of a user's desired configuration of said vehicle seating assembly;
- adjusting the pressure within a plurality of fluid cells that are provided in an inflatable member of said vehicle seating assembly;
- and
- configuring said vehicle seating assembly in the desired configuration by executing at least two of:
- actuating the seat rotational member;
- nesting the lower leg support within a recess in the seat;
- actuating the seatback rotational member;
- actuating the headrest rotational member;
- and
- nesting the headrest within a recess in the seatback.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.