Seat subportion adjustable in relative height and/or angle and backrest adjustable in shape based on user contact pressure
OwnerMohsen Makhsous, Fang Lin +1inventors
InventorsMohsen Makhsous, Fang Lin, Ellis K. Nam
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Abstract
A seat of an apparatus in one example comprises a front subportion and a rear subportion that is adjustable in height and/or angle relative to the front subportion. A backrest of the apparatus in one example is adjustable in shape. Based on a user contact pressure against one or more portions of the seat and/or one or more portions of the backrest, the rear subportion of the seat and the backrest are adjustable between: a first height and/or angle of the rear subportion of the seat and a first shape of the backrest; and a second height and/or angle of the rear subportion of the seat and a second shape of the backrest.
Claims8
1-19. (canceled)
An article, comprising:
- one or more computer-readable signal-bearing media;
- means in the one or more media for a controller coupled with an apparatus to actively adjust a backrest between a first shape and a second shape based on a user contact pressure against one or more portions of the backrest and/or one or more portions of a seat;
- and
- means in the one or more media for the controller to actively adjust a rear subportion of the seat between a first height and/or angle and a second height and/or angle relative to a front subportion of the seat based on the user contact pressure against the one or more portions of the backrest and/or the one or more portions of the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.