Movable seat insert
View Patent ↗A seat assembly may include a seatback, a seat bottom and an adjustment mechanism. The seat bottom may include an aft portion adjacent to the seatback, a front portion opposite the aft portion, and a central portion disposed between the front and aft ends. The adjustment mechanism may support the central portion for movement relative to the front portion between first and second positions.
1. A seat assembly comprising:
a seatback;
a seat bottom having an aft portion adjacent to the seatback, a front portion opposite the aft portion, and a central portion disposed between the front and aft ends; and
an adjustment mechanism including a support plate supporting the central portion and translating relative to the front and aft ends to move the central portion relative to the front portion between first and second positions, the support plate having the same shape in the first and second positions.
2. The seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the central portion is movable relative to the aft portion between the first and second positions.
3. The seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the seat bottom includes first and second bolsters extending between the forward and aft portions, the central portion being disposed between the first and second bolsters and movable relative to the first and second bolsters between the first and second positions.
4. The seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the front portion includes a front cushion.
5. The seat assembly of claim 4 , wherein the central portion includes a central cushion that is movable relative to the front cushion between the first and second positions.
6. The seat assembly of claim 5 , wherein the aft portion includes an aft cushion.
7. The seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a first link pivotably connected to the support plate, and a drive gear engaging the first link and driving the first link between the first and second positions.
8. The seat assembly of claim 7 , wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a second link pivotably connected to the support member and a seat-bottom frame.
9. The seat assembly of claim 8 , wherein the first link includes a first end and a second end, the first end having a plurality of gear teeth meshingly engaged with the drive gear, the second end is rotatably connected to a forward end of the support plate, the first link is rotatable about a rotational axis disposed between the first and second ends, and wherein the second link is connected to an aft end of the support member.
10. The seat assembly of claim 9 , wherein the central portion includes a central cushion, and wherein the support plate supports the central cushion and moves the central cushion relative to the seat-bottom frame, the front portion, the rear portion a first bolster of the seat bottom and a second bolster of the seat bottom between the first and second positions.
11. A seat assembly comprising:
a seatback;
a seat bottom having a frame connected to the seatback, first and second bolsters supported by the frame, and a central portion disposed between the first and second bolsters; and
an adjustment mechanism including a support plate supporting the central portion and translating relative to the first and second bolsters to move the central portion relative to the first and second bolsters.
12. The seat assembly of claim 11 , wherein the seat bottom includes an aft portion adjacent to the seatback and a front portion opposite the aft portion, the central portion being disposed between the front and aft ends.
13. The seat assembly of claim 12 , wherein the adjustment mechanism moves the central portion relative to the front portion between first and second positions.
14. The seat assembly of claim 13 , wherein the central portion is movable relative to the aft portion between the first and second positions.
15. The seat assembly of claim 12 , wherein the front portion includes a front cushion.
16. The seat assembly of claim 15 , wherein the central portion includes a central cushion that is movable relative to the front cushion between the first and second positions.
17. The seat assembly of claim 16 , wherein the aft portion includes an aft cushion.
18. The seat assembly of claim 11 , wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a first link pivotably connected to the support plate, and a drive gear engaging the first link and driving the first link between the first and second positions.
19. The seat assembly of claim 18 , wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a second link pivotably connected to the support plate and the frame.
20. The seat assembly of claim 19 , wherein the first link includes a first end and a second end, the first end having a plurality of gear teeth meshingly engaged with the drive gear, the second end is rotatably connected to a forward end of the support plate, the first link is rotatable about a rotational axis disposed between the first and second ends, and wherein the second link is connected to an aft end of the support member.