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US 2021/0276491 A1Published application
Drying rack
AssigneeFaurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
InventorTodd SIETING
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Abstract
An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom and a seat back. At least one of the seat bottom and the seat back includes an integrated article-drying system configured to dry articles.
Claims20
An occupant support comprising
- a seat bottom,
- a seat back coupled to the seat bottom, and
- an article-drying system coupled to at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back and configured to move relative to the seat bottom and the seat back from a storage configuration, in which the article-drying system is stowed away in a space defined at least in part by at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back, and a use configuration, in which at least a portion of the article-drying system extends outwardly from the space formed in at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back to receive an article and to position the article in proximity to a stream of drying fluid to dry the article.
An occupant support comprising
- a seat bottom,
- a seat back coupled to the seat bottom, and
- an article-drying system coupled to the seat bottom, the article-drying system including a carrier member mounted to the seat bottom and at least one branch member coupled to the carrier member and arranged to extend outwardly away from the carrier member,
- wherein the carrier member and the branch member are mounted to the seat bottom for pivotable movement about a pivot axis between a stowed position, in which the carrier member and the branch member are stored against the seat bottom, and a use position in which the branch member extends away from the seat bottom and is configured to receive an article to hold the article to be dried.
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An occupant support comprising
- a seat bottom,
- a seat back coupled to the seat bottom, and
- an article-drying system coupled to the seat back, the article-drying system including a carrier member mounted to the seat back and at least one branch member coupled to the carrier member and arranged to extend outwardly away from the carrier member,
- wherein the carrier member and the at least one branch member are mounted to the seat back for pivotable movement about a pivot axis between a stowed position, in which the carrier member and the at least one branch member are stored against the seat back, and a use position in which the at least one branch member extends away from the seat back and is configured to receive an article to hold the article to be dried.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.