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US 2016/0236597 A1Published application
Air-suspended seat surfaces for folding vehicle seats
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorAlan George Dry
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a cushion having a coverstock defining a seat surface with a flexible central region and a flexible edge region. The vehicle seat further includes a compressible edge bladder beneath the coverstock edge region and a first compressible inflation bladder positioned beneath the coverstock central region and in fluidic communication with the edge bladder. A first fixed quantity of a flowable medium is contained in and partially transferrable between the edge bladder and the inflation bladder.
Claims20
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a cushion including:
- a coverstock defining a seat surface with a flexible central region and a flexible edge region;
- a compressible edge bladder beneath the coverstock edge region;
- a first compressible inflation bladder positioned beneath the coverstock central region and in fluidic communication with the edge bladder;
- and
- a first fixed quantity of a flowable medium contained in and partially transferrable between the edge bladder and the inflation bladder.
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A vehicle seat cushion, comprising:
- a coverstock defining a seat surface with a flexible central region and a flexible edge region;
- a compressible edge bladder beneath the coverstock edge region;
- a compressible inflation bladder beneath the coverstock central region and in fluidic communication with the edge bladder;
- and
- a fixed quantity of a flowable medium contained in and partially transferrable between the edge bladder and the inflation bladder.
2 more elements
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A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a cushion including an edge bladder within an edge region thereof and an inflation bladder within the cushion remote from the edge region;
- and
- a seatback rotatably coupled with the cushion and including an upper bladder within an upper region thereof;
- wherein the inflation bladder is in communication with the edge bladder and the upper bladder and defines a closed unit therewith containing a fixed quantity of a flowable medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.