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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Laird, Canton, MI (US);

Linh Doan, Belleville, MI (US);

Yudong Zhou, Troy, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/46 (2006.01); B60N 2/427 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B60R 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/466 (2013.01); B60N 2/42709 (2013.01); B60R 13/0243 (2013.01); B60R 21/0428 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle armrest includes an inner armrest substrate having at least one buckling member extending to an outer armrest substrate. A gap is defined by the inner and outer armrest substrates and the at least one buckling member. A fabric member extends across the gap and is attached to the inner and outer armrest substrates. A cover member extends over and is vertically supported by the fabric member.


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