Vehicle seating adapted for sleeping posture
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1. A passenger seat for a vehicle, comprising:
- a seat back; and
a seat bottom, wherein said seat bottom is selectively moveable from a conventional seating configuration to a sleeping configuration in which;
a forward end thereof is lowered relative to an aft end thereof;
at least a portion of one side of said seat bottom is higher than at least a portion of the opposite side thereof, relative to a floor of said vehicle, so as to support a passenger who is seated on said seat bottom in a rotated position wherein one of said passenger'"'"'s hips is higher than the other hip relative to said floor; and
at least one support wing protrudes upward at said forward end to prevent a passenger seated on said seat bottom from slipping forward, wherein said support wing is generally triangular and two sides of said support wing form portions of a front edge and a side edge of said seat bottom, respectively.
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Abstract
A passenger seat for a vehicle includes a seat back; and a seat bottom, which may be mounted to a fixed backshell. The seat bottom is selectively configurable such that at least a portion of one side thereof is higher than at least a portion of the opposite side thereof, relative to a floor of said vehicle, so as to support a passenger who is seated on said seat bottom in a rotated position wherein one of said passenger'"'"'s hips is higher than the other hip relative to said floor.
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15 Claims
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1. A passenger seat for a vehicle, comprising:
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a seat back; and a seat bottom, wherein said seat bottom is selectively moveable from a conventional seating configuration to a sleeping configuration in which; a forward end thereof is lowered relative to an aft end thereof; at least a portion of one side of said seat bottom is higher than at least a portion of the opposite side thereof, relative to a floor of said vehicle, so as to support a passenger who is seated on said seat bottom in a rotated position wherein one of said passenger'"'"'s hips is higher than the other hip relative to said floor; and at least one support wing protrudes upward at said forward end to prevent a passenger seated on said seat bottom from slipping forward, wherein said support wing is generally triangular and two sides of said support wing form portions of a front edge and a side edge of said seat bottom, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A passenger seat for a vehicle, comprising:
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a frame for being attached to a floor of said vehicle a backshell attached to said frame; a seat back inserted into said backshell; and a seat bottom attached to said frame, and including at least one support wing disposed at a front corner thereof and delineated from the remainder of said seat bottom by a line oblique to a forward edge of said seat bottom, said support wing being selectively moveable between a lowered position and an effectively raised position, so as to support a passenger who is seated on said seat bottom in a rotated position wherein one of said passenger'"'"'s hips is higher than the other relative to said floor, and to block said passenger from slipping forward relative to said seat bottom. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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