Vehicle seat and system for controlling the same
AssigneeP. L. Porter Company
InventorLevik Kodaverdian
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Abstract
A vehicle seat including a thigh support, a leg rest, a foot rest and a control system which is adapted to monitor the respective positions of the leg rest and the foot rest. The control system will either move the foot rest to a position where it will not strike the floor during movement of the leg rest or prevent the foot rest from moving in such a manner that it will strike the floor. A control system which is adapted to adjust the back support and leg rest such the seat is in either the sleep orientation or the upright orientation in response to the user's actuation of a single switch may also be used.
Claims11
A vehicle seat for use with a vehicle having a floor, comprising:
- a thigh support defining a forward portion and a rearward portion;
- a back support associated with the rearward portion of the thigh support and movable between an upright position and a reclined position;
- a leg rest having a first end associated with the forward portion of the thigh support and a free end, the leg rest being movable between a leg rest storage position and a leg rest extended position;
- a foot rest associated with the leg rest and movable between a foot rest storage position and a foot rest extended position;
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- a control system, operably connected to the leg rest and foot rest, adapted to automatically prevent the foot rest from striking the floor when the leg rest is moving toward the leg rest storage position.
A vehicle seat system, comprising:
- a seat including a thigh support defining a forward portion and a rearward portion, a back support associated with the rearward portion of the thigh support and movable between an upright position and a reclined position, and a leg rest having a first end associated with the forward portion of the thigh support and a free end, the leg rest being movable between a leg rest storage position and a leg rest extended position, the back support and leg rest defining a sleep orientation when the back support is in the reclined position and the leg rest is in the leg rest extended position, and an upright orientation when the back support is in the upright position and the leg rest is in the storage position;
- a user interface associated with the seat and including a plurality of user-actuated control devices;
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- control means, operably connected to the seat, for moving the back support independent of the leg rest in response to the actuation of a first user-actuated control device, moving the leg rest independent of the back support in response to the actuation of a second user-actuated control device, and moving both the back support and the leg rest to one of the sleep orientation and the upright orientation in response to a single actuation of a third user-actuated control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.