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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Todd Gagnier, Garden City, MI (US);
S. M. Akbar Berry, Windsor, CA;
Marcos Silva Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Brian Boland, Pinckney, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat base having a side bolster cover. A bolster is disposed under the side bolster cover. The bolster has a static bolster carrier and an operable portion that is operable relative to the bolster carrier to define a plurality of bolster positions. A flexible interior facing extends from the bolster carrier to an intermediate portion of the bolster cover, wherein a lower edge of the bolster cover is positioned below the bolster carrier such that the bolster cover conceals the bolster in each of the plurality of bolster positions.