US 12,145,730 B2
Vehicular seat assembly having expandable seat back section
Martin Shawn Day, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Douglas Alexander Foisie, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to AMI INDUSTRIES, INC., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed by AMI Industries, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,595.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124143 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0647 (2014.12) [B64D 11/064 (2014.12)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a vehicular seat assembly, comprising:
a first seat support beam;
a second seat support beam;
a fold-out seat pan configured to fold out to a seat pan deployed state, the fold-out seat pan rotatably coupled to first seat support beam and the second seat support beam;
a bar positioned between the first seat support beam and the second seat support beam;
a fabric seat back having a first end and a second end, the fabric seat back secured at the first end to the bar, the fabric seat back extending from the first end toward the second end, the fabric seat back having an expandable seat back section, the expandable seat back section secured at the second end to the fold-out seat pan; and
at least one detachable attachment means, each of the at least one detachable attachment means secured at a first detachable attachment means end to the fold-out seat pan, each of the at least one detachable attachment means secured at a second detachable attachment means end to a portion of the fabric seat back located between the first end and the second detachable attachment means end;
wherein the expandable seat back section extends from the second end at least to the second detachable attachment means end;
wherein each of the at least one detachable attachment means is configured to be in an attached state or a detached state, wherein when all of the detachable attachment means are in the detached state an effective length of the fabric seat back extends to include the expandable seat back section.