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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Faurecia Automotive Industrie, Nanterre, FR;
Franck Jeunehomme, Montherme, FR;
Anne-Sophie Debruyne, Charleville-Mezieres, FR;
Philippe Marcq, Mouzon, FR;
FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIE, Nanterre, FR;
Abstract
A vehicle interior equipment part, intended to be attached on a floor of the vehicle, that provides a heel rest for an occupant. The part includes a floor element having a first portion intended to extend in a substantially horizontal plane and a second portion intended to extend in a tilted plane relative to the first portion. The part further includes an inflatable heel rest attached on the second portion, the heel rest being reversibly deployable between a retracted idle position in which the heel rest is substantially flush with the second portion, and a deployed position in which the heel rest protrudes relative to the second portion.