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US 12,649,394 B2Granted
Transformable seat back for forming armrests
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsYousuf Sedki Riad, Ken Albert Louis Buttery, Luis Miguel de Matos Isidoro
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Abstract
Assemblies, components, and methods are presented herein for a transformable seat. The seat includes a seat back. The seat back incorporates a frame and frame is rotatably coupled at one end to a seat base. The frame at least partially defines an opening in the seat back and two panels are each rotatably coupled to respective sides of the frame.
Claims18
A seat back, comprising:
- a frame rotatably coupled at one end to a seat base, wherein the frame at least partially defines an opening in the seat back;
- and
- left and right panels rotatably coupled to respective sides of the frame, wherein:
- when the seat back is in a folded down position and when the left and right panels are rotated outward, the left and right panels form respective armrests.
1 more element
A vehicle assembly comprising:
- a vehicle cabin;
- and
- a row of seats arranged within the vehicle cabin, the row of seats comprising at least one seat back comprising:
- a frame rotatably coupled at one end to a seat base, wherein the frame at least partially defines an opening in the seat back;
- and
- left and right panels rotatably coupled to respective sides of the frame, wherein:
- when the seat back is in a folded down position and when the left and right panels are rotated outward, the left and right panels form respective armrests.
4 more elements
A method of transforming a seat back, the method comprising:
- rotatably articulating a top end of a frame of the seat back from an upright orientation to a folded down orientation via a hinge assembly at a bottom end of the frame;
- and
- rotating left and right panels about respective sides of the frame to expose an opening at least partially defined by the frame, wherein the left and right panels form respective armrests when rotated outward to expose the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.