Storage Area
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsPhilipp J. Wolf, James J. Dowle, Per G. Isaksson
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Abstract
A body defines a compartment. A bottom and a back are positioned in the compartment and reconfigurable between a first configuration and a second configuration. The bottom defines a storage area therebelow. The bottom and the back are coupled to and supported by the body. In the first configuration relative to the second configuration, the bottom is positioned toward a central portion of the compartment and the back is pivoted away from the central portion. The storage area is accessible from the central portion of the compartment.
Claims23
A passenger vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body that defines a passenger compartment, the vehicle body having a floor;
- and
- a seat having a seat bottom and a seat back that are reconfigurable between an upright configuration and a reclined configuration,
- wherein the seat is positioned in the passenger compartment with the seat bottom spaced above the floor to define an underseat volume therebetween,
- wherein the seat is coupled to and supported by the vehicle body independent of the floor,
- wherein in the reclined configuration relative to the upright configuration, the seat bottom is positioned toward a central portion of the passenger compartment and the seat back is pivoted away from the central portion, and
- wherein the underseat volume is accessible from the central portion of the passenger compartment.
A seat for a passenger vehicle comprising:
- a seat bottom moveable between a first bottom configuration and a second bottom configuration in which the seat bottom is positioned forward relative to the first bottom configuration;
- a seat back moveable between a first back position and a second back position in which the seat back is titled rearward relative to the first back position;
- a bottom pivot by which the seat back is pivotable relative to the seat bottom;
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- a movement and support system configured to couple the seat to an upright structure of the passenger vehicle to be supported thereby, to selectively move the seat bottom between the first bottom configuration and the second bottom configuration, and to move the seat back between the first back position and the second back position.
A seat for a passenger vehicle comprising:
- a seat bottom;
- a seat back;
- a bottom pivot by which the seat back is pivotably coupled to the seat bottom;
- an upper pivot by which the seat back is pivotably couplable to an upright structure of a vehicle body, the upper pivot being at a fixed position on the seat back;
- an angle mechanism that selectively transfers force between the seat bottom and the seat back to selectively maintain the seat back in each of a first back position and a second back position having a greater angle between the seat back and the seat bottom than in the first back position;
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- a displacement mechanism coupled to an upright structure of the vehicle and configured to selectively maintain the seat bottom in each of a first bottom position and a second bottom position in which the seat bottom is further from the upright structure than in the first bottom position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.