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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Patrick Maloney, Livonia, MI (US);
Marcos Silva Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Kevin VanNieulande, Fraser, MI (US);
Kevin Wayne Preuss, Berkley, MI (US);
Joseph Michael Kish, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat, a front leg, a seatback, and a lower leg support. The seat includes a forward end and a rearward end. The seat is configured to be coupled to a support surface. The front leg engages with the support surface. The seatback is rotatably coupled to the seat proximate the rearward end. The lower leg support is directly and rotatably coupled to the seat proximate the forward end. The lower leg support is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The vehicle seating assembly is movable between a seated position and a reclined-and-raised position. Moving from the seated position toward the reclined-and-raised position includes increasing a first distance between the front leg and the support surface.