System for transforming the interior of a vehicle into a sleeping or load space
OwnerMorteza Vadipourinventor
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Abstract
A system, mechanisms, and components for converting the interior of a vehicle into a sleeping space is disclosed. The vehicle may have front seats with modular back supports that can transform to reduce the seat height so that the back support can recline horizontally backwards and lay flat with the bottom support of the rear seat. The modular back support may have an upper section and a lower section, where the upper section may fold or retract inside the lower section. Additionally, the headrest of the front seat may also retract inside the modular back support to reduce the seat height. The mid-section of the vehicle where the center console and armrest are located may also transform to create a continuous flat surface inside the vehicle.
Claims20
A system for transforming an interior of a vehicle into a sleeping space, the system comprising:
- a plurality of back seats having a first back seat and a second back seat;
- a front passenger seat being in front of the first back seat and having a first modular back support pivotably attached to a first bottom support;
- the first modular back support having a first upper modular section and a first lower modular section with a first cavity configured for the first upper modular section to fully retract inside the first cavity to reduce a first initial height of the first modular back support to a first desired height;
- a driver seat being in front of the second back seat and having a second modular back support pivotably attached to a second bottom support;
- the second modular back support having a second upper modular section and a second lower modular section with a second cavity configured for the second upper modular section to fully retract inside the second cavity to reduce a second initial height of the second modular back support to a second desired height;
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- wherein the first modular back support having the first desired height is configured to recline in a first horizontal position so that a first supporting surface of the first modular back support is flush relative to a first sitting surface of the first back seat;
- wherein the second modular back support having the second desired height is configured to recline in a second horizontal position so that a second supporting surface of the second modular back support is flush relative to a second sitting surface of the second back seat.
A method for transforming seats of a vehicle into a sleeping space, the method comprising:
- retracting an upper modular section inside a cavity of a lower modular section of a modular back support of a front passenger seat to transform the modular back support from an initial height to a desired height;
- widening a gap distance between the front passenger seat and a rear passenger seat so that the gap distance is greater than or equal to the desired height of the modular back support;
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- reclining the modular back support horizontally about a pivot axis between the modular back support and a first bottom support of the front passenger seat so that a supporting surface of the modular back support is flush relative to a sitting surface of a second bottom support of the rear passenger seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.