Vehicle seat
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsOsamu Kyogoku, Daiju Nakagawa
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Abstract
A vehicle seat can be configured to include a variety of types of cushions. The seat may include primary and secondary cushions that are joined together such that the secondary cushion has a stored position under the seating surface of the primary seat cushion and a deployed position where the secondary seat cushion is positioned adjacent the primary seat cushion. The effective width of the seat may be greater when it is in one position than when it is in the other position. The back cushion may include first and second portions and a third portion intermediate the first and second positions. A vehicle may include left, right, and middle seats, the middle seat being configured to have two positions, the effective width of the middle seat in one position being greater than in the other position.
Claims9
A seat for a vehicle, comprising:
- a seat base;
- a primary seat cushion supported at a vertical height on the seat base and having a seating surface;
- a secondary seat cushion pivotably secured to said primary seat cushion and having a seating surface, a stored position and a deployed position, wherein
- in the stored position the secondary seat cushion is positioned under the seating surface of the primary seat cushion, and
- in the deployed position the secondary seat cushion is positioned laterally adjacent at least a portion of the primary seat cushion;
- the vertical height of the primary seat cushion remains constant when the secondary seat cushion is in its stored and deployed positions;
- and
- at least a portion of the primary seat cushion is laterally movable with respect to the seat base.
A seat for a vehicle, comprising
- A seat base;
- and
- A seat cushion removably attached to the seat base, wherein the seat cushion is configured to attach to the seat base in a first position and a second position, an effective width of the seat cushion being greater in one of the first and second positions than an effective width in the other of the first and second positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.