Articulating cushion bolster for ingress/egress

摘要

A vehicle seating assembly having a seat base and a seat back. Bolsters extend laterally from one of the seat base and the seat back and include a bolster support having a hinge assembly and an abutment member and a substantially planar engagement surface disposed therebetween. A flexible cushion overlies the bolster support. A spring-biased dynamic member is operably coupled with one of the seat back and the seat base and is slidably engaged with the substantially planar engagement surface. The spring-biased dynamic member is operable between articulated and unarticulated positions. The spring-biased dynamic member moves to the articulated position upon initiation of a user-initiated event.

主权项

1. A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
a seat base and a seat back; bolsters extending laterally from one of the seat base and the seat back and including:
a bolster support having an abutment member and a substantially planar engagement surface adjacent thereto;a flexible cushion overlying the bolster support;a dynamic member operably coupled with one of the seat back and the seat base and slidably engaged with the substantially planar engagement surface, the dynamic member being operable between articulated and unarticulated positions; and an arm rigidly coupled with the dynamic member; a pivot bar disposed between the arm and the dynamic member; a spring assembly operably coupled with the arm and biasing the arm to rotate the dynamic member to the unarticulated position.