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US 10,518,684 B2Granted
Vehicle seat bolster
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMarcos Silva Kondrad, Johnathan Andrew Line, Kevin Wayne Preuss, S. M. Akbar Berry, Benjamin Yilma, Brian Robert Spahn, Alan George Dry
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Abstract
A seat assembly is provided herein. The seat assembly includes a seat member having a support surface. A pair of seat member bolsters is disposed on opposing sides of the seat member. A seat base supports the seat member and has a wraparound sidewall that extends above a bottom portion of each seat member bolster.
Claims20
A seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat member having a support surface;
- a pair of pivotable seat member bolsters disposed on opposing sides of the seat member;
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- a seat base supporting the seat member and having a wraparound sidewall that extends continuously from a front edge of one of the pair of pivotable seat member bolsters to a front edge of another of the pair of pivotable seat member bolsters, wherein the wraparound sidewall includes first and second side portions, each of the first and second side portions having a top surface positioned exterior of and above a bottom portion of one of the pair of seat member bolsters, and further wherein each of the pair of seat member bolsters extends vertically beyond the top surface of the respective side portion of the first and second side portions.
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A seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat member having a support surface;
- a pair of pivotable seat member bolsters disposed on opposing sides of the seat member;
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- a seat base supporting the seat member and including a wraparound sidewall, the wraparound sidewall having first and second side portions, wherein a top surface of each of the first and second side portions of the wraparound sidewall extends above an axis of rotation of one of the pair of pivotable seat member bolsters, each of the pair of pivotable seat member bolsters having a bolster top surface vertically spaced apart from the top surface of the respective side portion of the first and second side portions, and further wherein the top surface of each of the first and second side portions contacts the respective seat member bolster to inhibit the pair of seat member bolsters from outward movement.
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A seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat base supporting a seat member;
- a pair of pivotable seat member bolsters disposed on opposing sides of the seat member;
- a seatback having a pair of seatback bolsters extending therefrom, wherein each of the pair of seatback bolsters has an upper region that extends a first distance forwardly of a contact surface of the seatback and a lower region that extends a second distance forwardly of a contact surface of the seatback, the second distance less than the first distance, and further wherein the seat member bolsters and the seatback bolsters act as reaction surfaces that define a space in which an occupant is maintained;
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- a wraparound sidewall that includes integrally formed first and second side portions and a rear portion, wherein each of the first and second side portions are positioned exterior of one of the pair of pivotable seat member bolsters and the rear portion is coupled to the seatback.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.