Chairs and seats – Bottom or back with means to alter contour – Located at the front of the seat bottom
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-29
2008-07-29
White, Rodney B. (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Bottom or back with means to alter contour
Located at the front of the seat bottom
C297S216100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07404602
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle seat apparatus including a cushion body provided on a frame member, a seat cushion, a gear member, a driving mechanism, an arm, and a link mechanism having a first bracket rotatably supported at the gear member, a second bracket rotatably supported at the first bracket, and a link bracket, a first end of which is rotatably supported at the second bracket, and a second end of which is connected to the arm. The arm is connected to the gear member through the link mechanism, and with an up-and-down operation of a front-end portion of the cushion body relative to the frame member by means of a swing of the arm, a length of the seating surface is variable in a longitudinal direction.
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Koga Yoshitaka
Okada Masaki
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
White Rodney B.
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