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US 2003/0209933 A1Published application
Vehicle seat having a footrest
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsGerhard Flory, Guenter Franzmann, Hermann Gaus, Thomas Geisel, Klaus Hassler, Christoph Jung, Rainer Leucht, Heiko Utsch, Erik Weber, Norman Windham
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a lower-leg support, transferable from a stowed position into a utilization position, and a footrest. To achieve comfortable support with easy operation, the footrest has a footplate that may be folded out and that is located in the stowed position approximately parallel, and in the utilization position approximately perpendicular, to the lower-leg support, and coacts with an energy storage device.
Claims10
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seat cushion;
- a lower-leg support pivotably attached on the seat cushion and movable between a stowed position and a utilization position, the lower-leg support including a footrest at a lower end, the footrest including a footplate foldable about a rotation axis arranged transversely to the lower-leg support and located in the stowed position approximately parallel to the lower-leg support and located in the utilization position approximately perpendicular to the lower leg support;
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- an energy storage device, the footplate joined to the energy storage device and configured to charge the energy storage device upon folding out from the stowed position into the utilization position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.