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Vehicle seat with a support for the lower legs

a technology for supporting the lower legs and vehicles, which is applied in the field of vehicles, can solve the problems that the lower leg support may strike an obstacle, and achieve the effects of convenient and safe operation, high degree of protection against incorrect operation, and comfortable sitting position

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-08-11
DAIMLER AG
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[0004] An example embodiment of the present invention may provide a vehicle seat with an adjustable lower leg support which may have a compact design, may have a comfortable sitting position and may be easy and safe to operate. The vehicle seat may have a high degree of protection against incorrect operation.

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During this adjustment process, the lower leg support may strike an obstacle, for example, a piece of luggage or the feet of a sitting person.

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[0031]FIG. 1 illustrates a vehicle seat 1. It has a backrest 11 with headrest 12 and a seat cushion 2 with lower leg support 3. The vehicle seat 1 is displaceably mounted by rails 14 in a vehicle, for example, in the rear of a passenger car. A seatbelt mount 13 for a three-point belt is integrated into the backrest 11. The backrest 11 and the seat cushion 2 each have an upholstered element with a covering material, for example, leather. The upholstered element 21 upholsters the seat cushion 2 and the lower leg support 3 and is of continuous design. It forms, on its upper side, a coherent, upholstered sitting surface which extends from the seat cushion 2 as far as the lower leg support 3.

[0032] The lower leg support 3 is extended forward in the position of rest or position of use which is illustrated in FIG. 1. It has been pivoted up in the forward direction and extended in order to enlarge its resting surface for the lower legs. The lower leg support 3 has a three-component telesco...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle seat (1) having an automatically displaceable lower leg support (3). The lower leg support can be displaced in an automatically driven fashion between a stowaway position and a position of use. In order to obtain a compact design of the vehicle seat and a high degree of protection against impact operation, the lower leg support (3) has a sensor (6, 61, 62) which is connected to a control device (52) of the drive (5). The sensor (6) is designed to detect an obstacle.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a vehicle seat. BACKGROUND INFORMATION [0002] German Published Utility Model No. 92 00 777.5 describes a bus seat with a footrest. The footrest is coupled to the seat cushion of the bus seat via a parallelogram linkage. A pneumatic spring interacts with the parallelogram linkage in order to fold the footrest from a stowaway position arranged underneath the seat cushion into a position of use. [0003] German Published Patent Application No. 39 10 778 describes a control device for the backrest of a seat. The control device controls an actuator device which adjusts the inclination of the backrest of a seat. This control device detects an obstacle as the backrest of the seat inclines, it stops the inclination movement of the backrest of the seat. SUMMARY [0004] An example embodiment of the present invention may provide a vehicle seat with an adjustable lower leg support which may have a compact design, may have a comfortable...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47C7/50B60N2/62B60N2/90B60N3/06
CPCB60N2/4495B60N3/063B60N2/62B60N2/995
Inventor EDRICH, HANSFLORY, GERHARDGUNDALL, THOMASHASSLER, KLAUS
Owner DAIMLER AG
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