Padding for the seat proper of a vehicle seat and a seat proper equipped with such padding
First Claim
1. Padding for the seat proper of a vehicle seat, the padding extending in a longitudinal direction between a rear portion serving to receive the pelvis of an occupant sitting on the seat and a front portion, and in a vertical direction, between a bottom surface designed to face towards a vehicle floor, and a top surface designed to face towards the body of the occupant, said padding comprising at least:
- a comfort foam that is soft both when the seat proper is in normal use, and when the vehicle decelerates suddenly; and
a visco-elastic foam that is stiffer when the vehicle decelerates suddenly than when the vehicle is in normal use;
said visco-elastic foam extending from the bottom surface, and said comfort foam, secured to said visco-elastic foam, extending to the top surface of the padding;
said comfort foam and said visco-elastic foam extending from the rear portion to the front portion of the padding, wherein said visco-elastic foam presents a stiffening thickness that varies.
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Abstract
Padding for the seat proper of a seat, the padding comprising a visco-elastic foam and a comfort foam. The visco-elastic foam extends between a bottom face of the seat proper and an intermediate level of the padding. The comfort foam extends between the intermediate level and the top face of the seat proper. The comfort foam and the visco-elastic foam extend both over the rear and over the front of the seat proper.
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9 Claims
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1. Padding for the seat proper of a vehicle seat, the padding extending in a longitudinal direction between a rear portion serving to receive the pelvis of an occupant sitting on the seat and a front portion, and in a vertical direction, between a bottom surface designed to face towards a vehicle floor, and a top surface designed to face towards the body of the occupant, said padding comprising at least:
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a comfort foam that is soft both when the seat proper is in normal use, and when the vehicle decelerates suddenly; and
a visco-elastic foam that is stiffer when the vehicle decelerates suddenly than when the vehicle is in normal use;
said visco-elastic foam extending from the bottom surface, and said comfort foam, secured to said visco-elastic foam, extending to the top surface of the padding;
said comfort foam and said visco-elastic foam extending from the rear portion to the front portion of the padding, wherein said visco-elastic foam presents a stiffening thickness that varies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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