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US 10,850,641 B2Granted
Seat for a vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMatthias Franz, Harald Lathwesen
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Abstract
A seat has a first seat element and a second seat element. In a first seat position of the seat, the first seat element forms a seat base of the seat and the second seat element forms at least part of a backrest of the seat. In a second seat position of the seat, the second seat element forms the seat base of the seat and the first seat element forms at least part of the backrest of the seat.
Claims17
A seat, comprising:
- a first seat element;
- a second seat element;
- a third seat element arranged intermediately between the first and second seat elements, wherein
- the first and second seat elements are separate elements mechanically coupled to each other via the third seat element,
- in a first seat position of the seat, the first seat element forms a seat base of the seat and the second seat element forms at least part of a backrest of the seat,
- in a second seat position of the seat, the second seat element forms the seat base of the seat and the first seat element forms at least part of the backrest of the seat, and
- in the first seat position, the third seat element forms only the backrest of the seat together with the second seat element and, in the second seat position, forms only the backrest of the seat together with the first seat element, wherein the third seat element compensates for a difference in length between the backrest and the seat base when the first and second seat elements are of substantially equal length.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a seat comprising
- a first seat element;
- a second seat element;
- a third seat element arranged intermediately between the first and second seat elements, wherein
- in a first seat position of the seat, the first seat element forms a seat base of the seat and the second seat element forms at least part of a backrest of the seat, and
- in a second seat position of the seat, the second seat element forms the seat base of the seat and the first seat element forms at least part of the backrest of the seat, and
- in the first seat position, the third seat element forms only the backrest of the seat together with the second seat element and, in the second seat position, forms only the backrest of the seat together with the first seat element, wherein the third seat element compensates for a difference in length between the backrest and the seat base when the first and second seat elements are of substantially equal length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.