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US 9,550,439 B2Granted
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 seatback having a coverstock defining a seat surface with a flexible lower region and a flexible upper region. The seatback further has a compressible upper bladder beneath the coverstock upper region and a compressible inflation bladder positioned beneath the coverstock lower region and in fluidic communication with the upper bladder. A first fixed quantity of a flowable medium is contained in and is partially transferrable between the upper bladder and the inflation bladder.
Claims19
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seatback including:
- a coverstock defining a seat surface with a flexible upper region, moveable between a compressed position and an extended position, and contacting an upper edge of the seatback and a flexible lower region spaced from the upper edge by the upper region;
- a compressible upper bladder beneath the coverstock upper region and compressible to permit movement of the upper region into the compressed position;
- a first compressible inflation bladder positioned beneath the coverstock lower region and in fluidic communication with the upper bladder;
- and
- a first fixed quantity of a flowable medium contained in and partially transferrable between the upper bladder and the inflation bladder.
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A seatback for a vehicle seat, comprising:
- a coverstock defining a seatback surface with a flexible upper region, moveable between a compressed position and an extended position, and contacting an upper edge of the seatback and a flexible lower region spaced from the upper edge by the upper region;
- a compressible upper bladder beneath the coverstock upper region and compressible to permit movement of the upper region into the compressed position;
- a compressible inflation bladder underlying the coverstock lower region and in fluidic communication with the upper bladder;
- and
- a fixed quantity of a flowable medium contained in and partially transferrable between the upper bladder and the inflation bladder.
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A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seatback defining an upper edge and including an upper bladder within an upper region, moveable between a compressed position and an extended position, and contacting the upper edge thereof and a first inflation bladder within the seatback in a lower region spaced from the upper edge by the upper region and compressible to permit movement of the upper region into the compressed position;
- and
- a cushion with which the seatback is rotatably coupled;
- wherein the first inflation bladder is in communication with the upper bladder and defines a first closed unit therewith containing a first fixed quantity of a flowable medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.