A vehicle 10 comprises a floor 12, a front seat 16 rotatable relative to a rear seat 14 between first and second positions to face toward and away from the rear seat respectively. An inflatable cushion 18, 19, 20 supported by the floor between front and rear seats in communication with a pressure control device (22, figure 7). The vehicle may be autonomous or self-driving and the inflatable cushion may be used by an occupant as a footrest and/or bed. Second and third independently inflatable cushions may be provided to move between raised and lowed positions. A controller (56) may operate a reversible air pump to selectively pressurize and inflate or draw vacuum (evacuate) to deflate the cushions in response to user switch 54 input. A retracting device (50, figure 6), e.g. scissor jack (52) may pull upper cushion panel (42) from inflated to deflated position. Also disclosed is a vehicle 10 comprising front 24 and rear 26 rows of seats spaced from each other defining a rear passenger compartment 60 from left 28 to right 30 interior sides, and at least one inflatable cushion 18, 19, 20 extending substantially across the rear passenger compartment 60 in the cross-vehicle direction.
Inflatable cushion disposed between front and rear seats of a vehicle
2017-09-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet / B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS |
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