Vehicle seat assembly with child car seat rail system
First Claim
1. A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a seat base connected to a seat back, the seat base having a cushion portion and a support portion for supporting the cushion portion, the cushion portion movable between a seating condition where the cushion portion forms a seating surface for accommodating an associated seated passenger and non-seating condition where the cushion portion is tilted forward relative to the seat back about a forward end portion of the support portion,wherein a rail system is mounted to the support portion, in the seating condition the rail system is covered by the cushion portion, and in the non-seating condition the rail system is configured to have mounted thereto an associated child car seat, the rail system configured to move the associated child seat along a lateral direction of the vehicle seat assembly between a first outboard seating location and a center seating location defined by the seat base.
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Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat base connected to a seat back. The seat base has a cushion portion and a support portion for supporting the cushion portion. The cushion portion is movable between a seating condition where the cushion portion forms a seating surface and non-seating condition where the cushion portion is tilted forward relative to the seat back about a forward end portion of the support portion. A rail system is mounted to the support portion. In the seating condition the rail system is covered by the cushion portion, and in the non-seating condition the rail system is configured to have mounted thereto an associated child car seat. The rail system is configured to move the associated child seat along a lateral direction of the vehicle seat assembly between a first outboard seating location and a center seating location defined by the seat base.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
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a seat base connected to a seat back, the seat base having a cushion portion and a support portion for supporting the cushion portion, the cushion portion movable between a seating condition where the cushion portion forms a seating surface for accommodating an associated seated passenger and non-seating condition where the cushion portion is tilted forward relative to the seat back about a forward end portion of the support portion, wherein a rail system is mounted to the support portion, in the seating condition the rail system is covered by the cushion portion, and in the non-seating condition the rail system is configured to have mounted thereto an associated child car seat, the rail system configured to move the associated child seat along a lateral direction of the vehicle seat assembly between a first outboard seating location and a center seating location defined by the seat base. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
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a seat base connected to a seat back, the seat base having a cushion portion and a support portion for supporting the cushion portion, the cushion portion movable between a seating condition where the cushion portion forms a seating surface for accommodating an associated seated passenger and non-seating condition where the cushion portion is tilted forward relative to the seat back about a forward end portion of the support portion, wherein a rail system is mounted to the support portion, in the seating condition the rail system is covered by the cushion portion, and in the non-seating condition the rail system is configured to have mounted thereto an associated child car seat, the rail system includes a pair of slide rails extended in a lateral direction of the vehicle seat assembly between a first outboard seating location and a center seating location defined by the seat base and a platform slidably mounted to the slide rails, the platform configured to have mounted thereto the associated child car seat. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of securing an associated child car seat to a vehicle seat assembly, the vehicle seat assembly including:
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a seat base connected to a seat back, the seat base having a cushion portion and a support portion for supporting the cushion portion, the cushion portion includes a first outboard cushion portion and a center cushion portion, each of the first outboard cushion portion and the center cushion portion is independently movable between a seating condition and non-seating condition, and a rail system mounted to the support portion and selectively covered by the cushion portion, the rail system is configured to have mounted thereto the associated child car seat, the rail system includes a pair of slide rails extended in a lateral direction of the vehicle seat assembly between the first outboard cushion portion and the center cushion portion and a platform slidably mounted to the slide rails, the method comprising; positioning the first outboard cushion portion in the non-seating condition; mounting the associated child car seat to the platform; positioning the center cushion portion in the non-seating condition; sliding the platform having the associated child car seat mounted thereto in alignment with the center cushion portion; and positioning the first outboard cushion portion in the seating condition. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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