# US 12,759,448 B2 · Occupant support > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,759,448 B2 - Document ID: US12759448B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/398,413 - Filed: 2023-12-28 - Published: 2025-07-03 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2023-12-28 - Assignees: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC - Applicants: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC - Inventors: Robert C. Fitzpatrick; Jeffery T. Bonk; Cedric Ketels - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12759448B2 ## CPC - B60N 2/68: Seat frames - B60N 2/64: Back-rests {or cushions (B60N2/2222 takes precedence)} - B60N 2/90: Details or parts not otherwise provided for - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An occupant support for a vehicle includes frame including a bottom frame and back frame, a back support, and a bottom support. In a seating configuration, the back support is coupled to the back frame and the bottom support is coupled to the bottom frame. In a transition configuration, the bottom support is removed from the bottom frame. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An occupant support for a vehicle, the occupant support comprising a support frame including a bottom frame, a back frame, and a base structure, the back frame and the bottom frame coupled to the base structure; a bottom support including a bottom base and a bottom cushion, the bottom cushion coupled to an upper surface of the bottom base; and a back support, wherein, in a seating configuration, the bottom support is coupled to the bottom frame, the bottom frame extending horizontally outwards from the back frame, and the back support is coupled to the back frame, the back frame extending vertically upwards from the bottom frame, the bottom cushion disposed upwards facing the back support, wherein, in a transition configuration, the bottom support is removed from the bottom frame, exposing the bottom frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The occupant support of claim 1, wherein the bottom frame comprises a first portion and a second portion, the second portion configured to nest within the first portion in the seating configuration or the transition configuration. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The occupant support of claim 2, wherein a distance of a front side of the bottom frame extending forward from the back frame in the seating configuration is smaller than a distance of a front side of the second portion extending forward from the back frame in an extended configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The occupant support of claim 3, wherein the second portion is coupled to the first portion at a side of the bottom frame opposite from the side of the bottom frame coupled to the base structure, the second portion rotatable about the first portion, the bottom frame extendable via rotating the second portion out from the first portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The occupant support of claim 3, wherein the second portion is configured to slide out of the first portion, the bottom frame extendable via sliding the second portion out of the first portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The occupant support of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the upper surface of the bottom base is a hard, durable surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The occupant support of claim 1, wherein in a bottom base configuration, the bottom cushion is removed from the bottom base, leaving the bottom base attached to the bottom frame and exposing the upper surface of the bottom base, the upper surface of the bottom base facing the back support. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The occupant support of claim 1, wherein in a flipped configuration, the bottom support is installed onto the bottom frame with a bottom surface of the bottom support is facing upward towards the back frame. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The occupant support of claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the bottom surface of the bottom support is a hard, durable surface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The occupant support of claim 1, wherein in a second transition configuration, the back support is removed from the support frame exposing both the bottom frame and the back frame. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The occupant support of claim 10, wherein a modular accessory is installed on the support frame. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The occupant support of claim 1, wherein a car seat base is installed on the bottom frame. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The occupant support of claim 1, wherein, in a stadium configuration, the bottom frame is rotated upwards in to a vertical position substantially parallel with the back frame. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The occupant support of claim 1, wherein the back frame is rotatably coupled to the base structure. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The occupant support of claim 1, wherein, in a second stadium configuration, the bottom frame is rotated upwards in to a vertical position behind the back frame, substantially parallel with the back frame and disposed between the back frame and the base structure. ### Claim 16 A vehicle comprising a vehicle frame including a floor, a front occupant support, and a rear wall to define a rear passenger compartment in front of the rear wall, rear of the front occupant support, and above the floor; and a rear occupant support positioned directly forward of the rear wall and between the front occupant support and the rear wall within the passenger compartment, the rear occupant support including a bottom frame, a back frame coupled to the rear wall, a bottom support comprising a bottom base and a bottom cushion coupled to an upper surface of the bottom base, and a back support coupled to the back frame, wherein, in a seating configuration, the bottom support is coupled to the bottom frame, the bottom frame extending horizontally outwards from the back frame and parallel to the floor, and the back support is coupled to the back frame, the back frame extending vertically upwards from the bottom frame, the bottom cushion disposed upwards facing the back support, wherein, in a transition configuration, the bottom support is removed from the bottom frame, exposing the bottom frame. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The vehicle of claim 16, wherein the bottom frame comprises a first portion and a second portion, the second portion configured to nest within the first portion in the seating configuration or the transition configuration. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vehicle of claim 17, wherein a front side of the second portion is closer to a rear surface of the front occupant support in an extended configuration than a front side of the bottom frame is to the rear surface of the front occupant support in the seating configuration. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The vehicle of claim 16, wherein the back frame is rotatably coupled to the rear wall and the bottom frame is rotatably coupled to the floor. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The vehicle of claim 16, wherein, in a cargo configuration, the bottom frame is rotated upwards in to a vertical position behind the back frame, substantially parallel with the back frame and the rear wall and disposed between the back frame and the rear wall.