Modular seating system
AssigneeArmorworks Holdings, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Bosen, Jason Weed, Valent Horvatich
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for a modular vehicle seating system. In one embodiment the seating system has a universal center module that is mountable to a seating position in a vehicle and includes seat pan and seat back portions. The seating system may further include a matched pair of modular side bolsters selectable from an assortment of matched pairs of side bolsters, where each matched pair has a particular physical property defined by a unique value in a range of values of the physical property in the assortment. The side bolsters are detachably connectable to the to left and right sides of the universal center module with fasteners.
Claims16
A modular vehicle seating system, comprising:
- a universal center module mountable to a seating position in a vehicle, the universal center module comprising a seat pan portion and a seat back portion;
- a matched pair of modular side bolsters selectable from an assortment of matched pairs of side bolsters, each matched pair having a particular physical property defined by a unique value in a range of values of the physical property in the assortment;
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- fasteners configured to detachably connect the side bolsters to left and right sides of the universal center module, wherein the bolsters are attachable to and removable from the universal center module while the center module is mounted in the vehicle, and wherein the fasteners are a plug-in system comprising a pair of parallel bars extending from an inside edge of the bolsters, and a pair of corresponding sockets in the center module configured to receive the pair of parallel bars.
A method for installing and configuring a modular seating system in a vehicle, wherein the modular seating system includes a universal center module and an assortment of matching pairs of side bolsters configured to detachably connect to seat back and seat pan portions of the universal center module, the method comprising the steps of:
- mounting a universal center module having seat back and seat pan portions in a seating station of a vehicle;
- selecting and installing a pair of matching side bolsters on either side of the seat back portion of the center module;
- selecting and installing a pair of matching side bolsters on either side of the seat pan portion of the center module;
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- selecting and installing a headrest on the top of the seat back portion of the center module, wherein the bolsters and headrest are installed by inserting rigid parallel bars extending from the bolsters and headrests into aligned sockets in the universal center module.
A modular vehicle seating system, comprising:
- a universal center module mountable to a seating position in a vehicle, the universal center module comprising a seat pan portion and a seat back portion;
- a matched pair of modular side bolsters selected from an assortment of matched pairs of side bolsters;
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- fasteners configured to detachably connect the side bolsters to left and right sides of the universal center module, wherein the fasteners are a plug-in system comprising a pair of parallel bars extending from an inside edge of the bolsters, and a pair of corresponding sockets in the center module configured to receive the pair of parallel bars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.