Seat support element comprising an adjustable rest element
AssigneeFAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
InventorsSemir Hammadi, Jean-Yves Piederriere, Ahmed Chouah
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Abstract
A support element having a body defining an outer surface and a rest element mounted in an adjustable manner on the body via an adjustment device that includes a guide element extending over the outer surface of the body. The guide element has a band fastened to the outer surface of the body, the adjustment device including a sliding element integral with the rest element, and being mounted in sliding contact on the band and having a free end extending between the band and the outer surface so as to allow adjustment of the position of the rest element relative to the body by sliding the sliding element on the guide element.
Claims19
A seat support element comprising a body defining an outer surface and a rest element mounted so as to be adjustable in an adjustment direction on the body by an adjustment device, the adjustment device comprising a guide element extending on the outer surface of the body, wherein said guide element comprises a band fastened to the outer surface of the body and extending along the adjustment direction,
- the adjustment device further comprising at least one sliding element attached to the rest element, said sliding element being mounted in sliding contact on the band and comprising a free end extending between said band and the outer surface of the body so as to allow adjustment of the position of the rest element relative to the body by sliding the sliding element on the guide element in the adjustment direction,
- wherein the band is made of a flexible material, the guide element further comprising a rigid plate, the band extending around at least one part of said rigid plate.
A seat support element comprising a body defining an outer surface and a rest element mounted so as to be adjustable in an adjustment direction on the body by an adjustment device, the adjustment device comprising a guide element extending on the outer surface of the body, wherein said guide element comprises a band fastened to the outer surface of the body and extending along the adjustment direction,
- the adjustment device further comprising at least one sliding element attached to the rest element, said sliding element being mounted in sliding contact on the band and comprising a free end extending between said band and the outer surface of the body so as to allow adjustment of the position of the rest element relative to the body by sliding the sliding element on the guide element in the adjustment direction,
- wherein the sliding element is sewn to a rigid plate extending into the rest element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.