IP Library Granted Patent US 9,120,405
Granted Patent B2
US 9,120,405 · App. 13/686,337 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Vehicle seat with lateral support element

Inventors: Katja Buehlmeyer (Kuemmersbruck, DE); Erwin Haller (Birgland, DE); Jens Kolb (Koenigstein, DE); Roland Uebelacker (Pfreimd, DE); Christian Erker (Hahnbach, DE)
Assignee: Grammer AG
B60N2/38B60N2/2222B60N2/2851B60N2/4606B60N2/4855B60N2/64B60N2/4808
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Patent No.
US 9,120,405
App. No.
13/686,337
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle seat with a seat part and with a seat back part for supporting a driver of the vehicle in the sitting position on the vehicle seat, wherein the vehicle seat is characterized by an additional vehicle driver's torso support device which can be disposed outside the seat part and the seat back part and which can be temporarily disposed at least partially in an otherwise seat-free torso support region at the level of or above the upper third of the seat back part in front of the seat back part and laterally off-center on the seat back part, in order to provide support, laterally off-center of the seat back part, at least at the level of the shoulder or chest region of the driver who is sitting on the vehicle seat when he adopts a seated working posture oriented to the side or backwards, wherein the additional vehicle driver's torso support device is disposed so as to be movable by a moving device from a parked position into an additional torso support position in the otherwise seat-free torso support region.

Claims (9)

1. Vehicle seat with a seat part and with a seat back part for supporting a driver of the vehicle in the sitting position on the vehicle seat, which comprises an additional vehicle driver's torso support device which can be disposed outside the seat part and the seat back part and which can be temporarily disposed at least partially in an otherwise seat-free torso support region at a level of or above an upper third of the seat back part in front of the seat back part and laterally off-center on the seat back part, in order to provide support, laterally off-center of the seat back part, at least at the level of the upper third of the seat back part when moved into the additional torso support position, wherein the additional vehicle driver's torso support device is disposed so as to be movable by a moving device from a parked position into an additional torso support position in the otherwise seat-free torso support region to provide in addition to a normal support operating state, at least one special support operating state in which the additional vehicle driver's torso support device can be disposed in front of the seat back part and temporarily delimits a free space for driver movement located above and to the side of the seat part.

2. Vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving device has means for rotationally or translationally moving the additional vehicle driver's torso support device.

3. Vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seat part, the seat back part, a seat back extension device or an arm rest device form a main outer contour of the vehicle seat, and the additional vehicle driver's torso support device is retained on the seat back part so that the additional vehicle driver's torso support device can be temporarily disposed outside the main outer contour.

4. Vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the additional vehicle driver's torso support device is disposed so that the additional vehicle driver's torso support device can be actuated interactively dependent upon the body posture.

5. Vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle seat has on the seat back part an interactive actuating device which is dependent upon the vehicle driver's posture, wherein the additional vehicle driver's torso support device is disposed on the seat back part so that the additional vehicle driver's torso support device can be actuated by means of a pressure-actuated device on an upholstered part of the seat back part.

6. Vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle seat has, in addition to a normal support operating state, at least one special support operating state in which the additional vehicle driver's torso support device can be disposed in front of the seat back part and temporarily delimits a free space for driver movement located above or to the side of the seat part.

7. Commercial vehicle, in particular an agricultural commercial vehicle, with a vehicle seat for a driver of the vehicle, which comprises a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 .

8. Vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving device has means for rotationally and translationally moving the additional vehicle driver's torso support device.

9. Vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seat part, the seat back part, a seat back extension device and an arm rest device form a main outer contour of the vehicle seat, and the additional vehicle driver's torso support device is retained on the seat back part so that the additional vehicle driver's torso support device can be temporarily disposed outside the main outer contour.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 7, 2021
From: GRAMMER AG
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 054922/0406 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2015
From: BUEHLMEYER, KATJA; HALLER, ERWIN; KOLB, JENS; UEBELACKER, ROLAND; ERKER, CHRISTIAN
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 034868/0981 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 055 895 · Nov 30, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130175837A1 · Jul 11, 2013