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US 12,709,207 B2Granted
Seat member workstation assembly
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsJohn Perry, Abhishek Yadav, Purushottam Patil, Michael Corvino, Jason Sacco, Julia Waelchli, Robert Elliott, Kshitija Vaidya
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Abstract
A method and apparatus comprises a seat member base that includes a first substrate and a second. A living hinge couples the second substrate to the first substrate such that the second substrate is moveable between a closed position and a deployed workstation position. A magnetic closure selectively holds the second substrate to the first substrate in the closed position.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a seat member base comprising a first substrate and a second substrate;
- a living hinge coupling the second substrate to the first substrate such that the second substrate is moveable between a closed position and a deployed workstation position, wherein a first end of the living hinge is fixed to the first substrate via a first heat stake plate and a second end of the living hinge is fixed to the second substrate via a second heat stake plate;
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- a magnetic closure selectively holding the second substrate to the first substrate in the closed position.
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A method comprising:
- supporting a first substrate and a second substrate on a seat member base;
- heat staking one end of a living hinge to the first substrate via a first heat stake plate;
- heat staking an opposite end of the living hinge to the second substrate via a second heat stake plate;
- overcoming a magnetic retention force holding the second substrate to the first substrate in a closed position;
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- pivoting the second substrate to a deployed workstation position via the living hinge and extending a work surface across both the first substrate and the second substrate.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a seat member base comprising a first substrate and a second substrate;
- a living hinge coupling the second substrate to the first substrate such that the second substrate is moveable between a closed position and a deployed workstation position;
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- a magnetic closure selectively holding the second substrate to the first substrate in the closed position, wherein the first substrate comprises at least one first magnet closure member, and wherein the at least one first magnet closure member is embedded within the first substrate by a heat stake plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.