Chairs and seats – Bottom or back with means to alter contour – Providing support for lower back region
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-03
2011-11-08
Dunn, David (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Bottom or back with means to alter contour
Providing support for lower back region
C297S452650
Reexamination Certificate
active
08052213
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to an adjustable seat occupant support assembly for a seat, such as a vehicle seat, which employs a drive equipped with an arm that bears against an adjuster shoe that urges part of a seat cushion of a backrest of a vehicle seat outwardly or inwardly. The adjustable support assembly is received in part of a molded seat shell that is three dimensionally formed to accommodate at least part of the lumbar adjuster drive. In a preferred embodiment, the shell has a molded drive-receiving compartment that can include a cradle that supports a drive received in the compartment. One or more integrally molded bearing support surfaces, including journals, can be formed in the shell upon which part of the drive can be movably supported. A drive actuator is provided that is also carried by an aperture or the like molded into the shell.
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Braun Kenneth
Dahlbacka Bruce
Hill Kevin
Abraham Tania
Boyle Fredrickson , S.C.
Dunn David
Milsco Manufacturing Company, a unit of Jason Incorporated
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