FRAME FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT CUSHION

• US 20120169095A1
• Filed: 12/29/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Faurecia Sieges D'Automobile (Stellantis NV)
• Original Assignee: Faurecia Sieges D'Automobile (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: PETIT, Jean-Noël, COURTOIS, Patrice, BOUZID, Farouk, DUBOULET, Claude
• Granted Patent: US 9,079,516 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/188.09
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/305 the cushion being hinged on the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 5/006 stowing or holding means for elongated articles, e.g. skis inside vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/043 mounted on or under a seat

Abstract

A cushion structure for a motor vehicle seat including a retractable stop piece capable of preventing an object placed under the cushion from moving towards the front, and means capable of arranging said cushion in a position preventing a passenger from sitting on it.

Claims

1. A cushion structure for a motor vehicle seat, comprising:

a retractable stop piece capable of preventing an object placed under the cushion from moving to the front; and

means capable of placing said cushion in a position preventing a passenger from sitting on it.

2. The cushion structure of claim 1, wherein said means are connected to said stop piece.

3. The cushion structure of claim 1, wherein the stop piece is an arch.

4. The cushion structure of claim 1, wherein the stop piece can pivot around a front crosspiece between an approximately vertical position and an approximately horizontal position.

5. The cushion structure of claim 1, wherein the stop piece in approximately vertical position is capable of preventing objects located under the cushion from slipping to the front.

6. The cushion structure of claim 1, wherein the stop piece in approximately horizontal position is retracted and clears the way under the cushion to enable to slide loads under the cushion.

7. The cushion structure of claim 1, wherein said means comprise a cam capable of raising the cushion when said stop piece is retracted.

8. The cushion structure of claim 4, wherein the cam is attached to the stop piece and pivots along an axis collinear to the front crosspiece.

9. The cushion structure of claim 1, wherein said means comprise a cushion frame in approximately vertical position when the stop piece is in retracted position.

10. The cushion structure of claim 4, wherein the cushion frame and the retractable stop piece pivot around an axis collinear to the front crosspiece.

11. A vehicle seat comprising the cushion structure of claim 1.