Vehicle seat and method for the management of a vehicle seat
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsK S Sudeendra Thirtha Koushik, K S Madhuchandra
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Abstract
A vehicle seat extending along a transversal axis, a vertical axis, and a longitudinal axis that comprises a seat base, a backrest pivotably connected to the seat base through a first pivot connection, and a headrest pivotably connected to the backrest through a second pivot connection, the first and second pivot connections being pivotable in opposite direction around the transversal axis of the vehicle seat and the vehicle seat being configured to reach a first position and a second position.
Claims12
A vehicle seat extending along a transversal axis, a vertical axis, and a longitudinal axis comprising:
- a seat base,
- a backrest pivotably connected to the seat base through a first pivot connection, and
- a headrest pivotably connected to the backrest through a second pivot connection,
- wherein the first and the second pivot connections are pivotable in opposite directions around the transversal axis of the vehicle seat and the vehicle seat is configured to reach two positions:
- a first position in which the backrest and the headrest extend along the vertical axis, and the seat base is substantially perpendicular to the backrest and the headrest, and
- a second position in which the backrest extends along the longitudinal axis and lies against the seat base and the headrest extends along the vertical axis and is substantially perpendicular to the backrest,
- wherein the vehicle seat comprises a thighrest pivotably connected to the backrest through a third connection means, the thighrest being configured to reach two positions:
- a retracted position in which the thighrest is housed in the backrest, and
- an extended position in which the thighrest extends at least in part from a bottom portion of the backrest, and
- wherein the thighrest includes a cushion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.