Patent ID: 11890969
Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A seat of a vehicle, the seat comprising:
a seat base, comprising:
an outer cushion forming a top of the seat base extending, in one unitarily formed piece, down a front of the seat base and back underneath or within the seat base, such that excess material of the outer cushion is disposed underneath or within the seat base; and
a mechanism adapted to pull the excess material underneath or within the seat base when the seat base is in a retracted configuration and to release the excess material from underneath or within the seat base when the seat base is in an extended configuration, wherein at least a portion of the excess material is used to form part of an extended seat for a vehicle occupant when the seat base is in the extended configuration,
wherein the mechanism comprises:
a cord connected directly or indirectly to an end of the outer cushion at the excess material; and
a motor adapted to pull or release the cord and thereby pull the excess material in the retracted configuration or release the excess material in the extended configuration;

a backrest pivotably coupled to the seat base; and
a headrest extendably coupled to the backrest.