SEAT ADJUSTER FOR VEHICLE SEAT
First Claim
1. An occupant support comprisinga vehicle seat including a seat bottom, a seat back arranged to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom, and a recline unit arranged to extend between and interconnect the seat back to the seat bottom to cause the seat back to pivot relative to the seat bottom between an upright-use position in which a first angle is formed between the seat back and the seat bottom and a forward-incline position in which a relatively smaller angle is formed between the seat back and the seat bottom,a foundation coupled to the vehicle seat and adapted to interconnect the vehicle seat to a floor of a vehicle, the foundation including a slide unit configured to allow selective back and forth sliding of the vehicle seat along a longitudinal axis relative to the floor between a rear position and a medial position which is forward of the rear position, and a height-adjust unit configured to allow selective up-and-down movement of the vehicle seat above the floor between a lowered position in which the vehicle seat is a first height above the floor and a raised position in which the vehicle seat is a second relatively greater height above the floor, andan egress system coupled to the foundation and configured to change from a seat mode in which the height-adjust unit moves the vehicle seat between the lowered position and the raised position and an egress mode in which the height-adjust unit moves the vehicle seat from one of the rear position and the medial position to a forward position which is forward of both the medial and the rear position and to a third height above the floor which is greater than the first and second heights.
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat bottom is coupled to a floor of a vehicle to move relative to the floor. The seat bottom and seat back extend upwardly away from the vehicle floor and move relative to the vehicle floor.
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13 Claims
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1. An occupant support comprising
a vehicle seat including a seat bottom, a seat back arranged to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom, and a recline unit arranged to extend between and interconnect the seat back to the seat bottom to cause the seat back to pivot relative to the seat bottom between an upright-use position in which a first angle is formed between the seat back and the seat bottom and a forward-incline position in which a relatively smaller angle is formed between the seat back and the seat bottom, a foundation coupled to the vehicle seat and adapted to interconnect the vehicle seat to a floor of a vehicle, the foundation including a slide unit configured to allow selective back and forth sliding of the vehicle seat along a longitudinal axis relative to the floor between a rear position and a medial position which is forward of the rear position, and a height-adjust unit configured to allow selective up-and-down movement of the vehicle seat above the floor between a lowered position in which the vehicle seat is a first height above the floor and a raised position in which the vehicle seat is a second relatively greater height above the floor, and an egress system coupled to the foundation and configured to change from a seat mode in which the height-adjust unit moves the vehicle seat between the lowered position and the raised position and an egress mode in which the height-adjust unit moves the vehicle seat from one of the rear position and the medial position to a forward position which is forward of both the medial and the rear position and to a third height above the floor which is greater than the first and second heights.
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