Sitting, reclining and/or leaning device for a vehicle and vehicle with the sitting, reclining and/or leaning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10493866-B2
Application number	US-201815987652-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2018
Priority date	May 23, 2017
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

A sitting, reclining and/or leaning device is provided for arrangement in a vehicle. The device includes a seat frame and several wing elements. The wing elements are arranged on the seat frame in a shared plane when in a basic position. The wing elements may be swiveled out of the basic position into at least one swivel position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A configurable seat for a vehicle comprising:
a seat frame; and
a plurality of wing elements arranged together in a cloverleaf shape where each of the plurality of wing elements comprises a triangular or pentagonal shape pointing toward a middle of the cloverleaf shape, each wing element being pivotally coupled to the seat frame along an edge including a first wing element forming a seating surface to be sat upon, wherein the wing elements may be arranged in a shared plane with the seating surface in a basic position and may be swiveled out of the basic position into a plurality of swivel positions, wherein the plurality of wing elements are each configured to move into each of the plurality of swivel positions by pressing in the middle of the cloverleaf shape.

2. The configurable seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of swivel mechanisms such that each wing element is pivotally coupled with the seat frame by its respective swivel mechanism.

3. The configurable seat according to claim 2 , further comprising a base supporting the seat frame and anchoring the configurable seat to a vehicle structure.

4. The configurable seat according to claim 3 , wherein the base is pyramidal in shape.

5. The configurable seat according to claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of guide struts such that each of the plurality of swivel mechanisms is movably mounted in at least one guide strut.

6. The configurable seat according to claim 5 , further comprising a base supporting the seat frame and anchoring the configurable seat to a vehicle structure, wherein the plurality of guide struts are mounted on the base and adjustable relative to the seat frame.

7. The configurable seat according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the guide struts is adjusted when at least one of the plurality of swivel mechanisms is guided therein together with a corresponding one of the plurality of wing elements is swiveled into the at least one swivel position.

8. The configurable seat according to claim 7 , wherein each of the guide struts has at least one latch for the swivel mechanism guided therein, wherein the at least one latch is configured to latch the swivel mechanism in the basic position and in the at least one swivel position.

9. The configurable seat according to claim 5 , wherein a pair of the plurality of wing elements are arranged in an opposed position with respect to the seat frame and are guided in a shared guide strut via the swivel mechanisms allocated to the two opposed wing elements.

10. The configurable seat according to claim 2 , wherein the wing elements comprise four wing elements arranged in the cloverleaf shape relative to each other.

11. The configurable seat according to claim 10 , wherein two of the four wing elements have the triangular shape and another two of the four wing elements have the pentagonal shape.

12. The configurable seat according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of wing elements comprise a second wing element forming a backrest and a third wing element forming a leg rest section.

13. The configurable seat according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of wing elements differs from the other wing elements in terms of length, useful surface or shape.

14. A vehicle comprising a vehicle structure and a configurable seat according to claim 2 .

15. The vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein the vehicle structure comprises a vehicle floor and a vehicle wall, wherein the configurable seat is anchored to the vehicle floor.

16. The vehicle according to claim 15 , further comprising a second second configurable seat anchored to the vehicle wall.

17. A configurable seat for a vehicle comprising:
a seat frame; and
four wing elements, each wing element pivotally coupled to the seat frame along an edge, including a first wing element having an elongated pentagonal shape, a second wing element disposed across a middle from the first wing element and having a triangular shape, and third and fourth wing elements disposed across the middle from each other, wherein the third and fourth wing elements are pentagonal shaped,
wherein the middle defines a shared plane, wherein the four wing elements are positionable to be disposed flat in the shared plane and are positionable in a number of swivel positions wherein the four wing elements extend from the shared plane at angles configured in sitting, reclining and leaning dispositions.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Barbot Augustin

Classifications

• B60N2/34 Primary

  into a bed · CPC title

• B60N2/20

  the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/24

  for particular purposes or particular vehicles · CPC title

• B60N2/62

  Thigh-rests {(B60N2/914 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/242

  Bus seats · CPC title