US 12,221,026 B2
Vehicle seat having a foot and/or calf support
Sylvia Kleindl, Munich (DE); and Michael Leng, Geltendorf (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/027,281
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/076955
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/069639, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 125 494.6 (DE), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356640 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/90 (2018.01)
CPC B60N 2/995 (2018.02) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat, comprising:
a lower seat part, which has a seat surface and is couplable to a vehicle structure having a passenger-compartment floor;
a backrest having a backrest surface; and
a foot and/or a calf support having a resting surface, wherein
the foot and/or calf support is movable between a stowage position and a use position,
the foot and/or calf support is arranged, by way of a first, seat-side edge, in front of, on or beneath the lower seat part and has a free edge, which is directed away from the seat-side edge and is spaced apart in front of the lower seat part and is coupled to the vehicle structure, and
the foot and/or calf support is formed by, or has, at least one supporting element, which forms the resting surface, wherein the supporting element is an at least two-dimensionally flexible sheet structure,
wherein the free edge, which is directed away from the seat-side edge, is provided, on sides thereof, with guide elements, which guide elements are guided for longitudinal sliding displacement in a guide-rail arrangement, which guide-rail arrangement is connected to the vehicle structure.