Air-suspended seat surfaces for folding vehicle seats

摘要

A vehicle seat includes a cushion having a coverstock defining a seat surface with a flexible central region and a flexible edge region. The vehicle seat further includes a compressible edge bladder beneath the coverstock edge region and a first compressible inflation bladder positioned beneath the coverstock central region and in fluidic communication with the edge bladder. A first fixed quantity of a flowable medium is contained in and partially transferrable between the edge bladder and the inflation bladder.

主权项

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:
a cushion including:
a coverstock defining a seat surface with a flexible central region and a flexible edge region;a compressible edge bladder beneath the coverstock edge region;a first compressible inflation bladder positioned beneath the coverstock central region;a first flexible tube directly fluidically coupling the edge bladder with the first inflation bladder in a first closed unit having a first maximum inflation pressure; anda first fixed quantity of a flowable medium contained in the first closed unit at a pressure of less than two-thirds the maximum inflation pressure.