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US 12,559,011 B1Granted
Seat of a vehicle
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorDaniel Martin Taylor
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Abstract
A seat of a vehicle having: a base structure, which is rigid and is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle; and an upholstery, which is elastically deformable, at least partially covers the base structure and constitutes the outermost part of the seat that comes into contact with a body of a passenger of the seat. The upholstery has a cushion, a backrest and a headrest, which are separate from and independent of one another. The headrest of the upholstery is fixed to the base structure in a separable manner by means of a coupling system. The base structure has an upper portion, which is configured to support the headrest and, at the same time, is configured, in the absence of the headrest, to accommodate a helmet worn by the passenger sitting on the seat.
Claims20
A seat (1) of a vehicle comprising:
- a base structure (5), which is rigid and is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle;
- and
- an upholstery (8), which is elastically deformable, at least partially covers the base structure (5) and constitutes the outermost part of the seat (1) that comes into contact with a body of a passenger of the seat (1);
- wherein the upholstery (8) comprises a cushion (2), a backrest (3) and a headrest (4), which are separate from and independent of one another;
- wherein the headrest (4) of the upholstery (8) is fixed to the base structure (5) in a separable manner by means of a coupling system (9);
- wherein the base structure (5) comprises an upper portion, which is configured to support the headrest (4) and, at the same time, is configured, in the absence of the headrest (4), to accommodate a helmet worn by the passenger sitting on the seat (1);
- wherein it is provided with a detection system comprising a reader device (20), which is mounted on the base structure (5) in the area of the headrest (4) and is configured to check for the presence of the headrest (4);
- wherein the detection system comprises an identifying device (19), which is integral to the headrest (4) and contains an identification code;
- and
- wherein the reader device (20) is configured to read the identifying device (19).
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A seat (1) of a vehicle comprising:
- a base structure (5), which is rigid and is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle;
- and
- an upholstery (8), which is elastically deformable, at least partially covers the base structure (5) and constitutes the outermost part of the seat (1) that comes into contact with a body of a passenger of the seat (1);
- wherein the upholstery (8) comprises a cushion (2), a backrest (3) and a headrest (4), which are separate from and independent of one another;
- wherein the headrest (4) of the upholstery (8) is fixed to the base structure (5) in a separable manner by means of a coupling system (9);
- wherein the base structure (5) comprises an upper portion, which is configured to support the headrest (4) and, at the same time, is configured, in the absence of the headrest (4), to accommodate a helmet worn by the passenger sitting on the seat (1);
- wherein it is provided with a detection system comprising a reader device (20), which is mounted on the base structure (5) in the area of the headrest (4) and is configured to check for the presence of the headrest (4);
- and
- wherein it is provided with a control unit configured to:
- check the presence of the headrest (4);
- detect the position of the vehicle wherein the seat (1) is installed;
- and enable the starting of the vehicle, in which the seat (1) is installed, in the absence of the headrest (4) only if the vehicle is on a track closed to normal vehicular traffic.
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A method to use a seat (1) of a vehicle;
- the seat (1) comprising:
- a base structure (5), which is rigid and is configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle;
- and
- an upholstery (8), which is elastically deformable, at least partially covers the base structure (5) and constitutes the outermost part of the seat (1) that comes into contact with a body of a passenger of the seat (1);
- wherein the upholstery (8) comprises a cushion (2), a backrest (3) and a headrest (4), which are separate from and independent of one another;
- wherein the headrest (4) of the upholstery (8) is fixed to the base structure (5) in a separable manner by means of a coupling system (9);
- wherein the base structure (5) comprises an upper portion, which is configured to support the headrest (4) and, at the same time, is configured, in the absence of the headrest (4), to accommodate a helmet worn by the passenger sitting on the seat (1);
- wherein it is provided with a detection system comprising a reader device (20), which is mounted on the base structure (5) in the area of the headrest (4) and is configured to check for the presence of the headrest (4);
- and
- wherein the use method comprises the steps of:
- fitting the headrest (4) to the base structure (5) when the passenger sitting on the seat (1) does not wear a helmet;
- and
- removing the headrest (4) from the base structure (5) when the passenger sitting on the seat (1) wears a helmet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.