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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael John Harmon, Westland, MI (US);
Ryan Wayne Warner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jesse Rene Diephuis, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Andrew Brand, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Andrew Smith, Troy, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a dashboard having an underside that extends over a foot well, a floor having a base portion and an inclined portion that at least partially defines the foot well and extends vehicle-upward and vehicle-forward from the base portion beneath the dashboard, a seating assembly that corresponds with the foot well and includes a seat base and a seatback, and a foot rest positioned vehicle-upward of the inclined portion of the floor and having an upper support surface configured to support the feet of an occupant of the seating assembly. The foot rest is at least one of positioned within the foot well and at least partially defining the foot well.