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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
P Thomas Vikstrom, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tony Paschos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jan Just, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Franz Von Holzhausen, Malibu, CA (US);
Assignee:
TESLA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/12 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/12 (2013.01); B60N 2/01 (2013.01); B60N 2/0232 (2013.01); B60N 2/0292 (2013.01);
Abstract
A freestanding vehicle seat assembly includes: a seat having a seat portion connected to a back portion; a monopost attached at a bottom of the seat portion such that the seat rests only on the monopost; and a track assembly attached at a bottom of the monopost, the track assembly configured for providing fore and aft movement of the freestanding vehicle seat assembly. The freestanding vehicle seat assembly can have a pitch mechanism on the monopost configured for pitching at least part of the seat forward and rearward.