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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2003
Gerhard Flory, Boeblingen, DE;
Guenter Franzmann, Rockenhausen, DE;
Hermann Gaus, Stuttgart, DE;
Thomas Geisel, Rottenburg, DE;
Klaus Hassler, Mehlbach, DE;
Christoph Jung, Herrenberg, DE;
Rainer Leucht, Baltmannsweiler, DE;
Heiko Utsch, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Erik Weber, Bedesbach, DE;
Norman Windham, Boerrstadt, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a lower-leg support, transferable from a stowed position into a utilization position, and a footrest. To achieve comfortable support with easy operation, the footrest has a footplate that may be folded out and that is located in the stowed position approximately parallel, and in the utilization position approximately perpendicular, to the lower-leg support, and coacts with an energy storage device.