Patent ID: 7874607

Claim:
A vehicle seat configuration, comprising: a motor vehicle seat including a seat part with a first unit and a second unit; a vehicle body floor, said vehicle body floor defining a longitudinal vehicle axis; said second unit of said seat part being disposed between said first unit of said seat part and said vehicle body floor, said second unit of said seat part being fixed with respect to said vehicle body floor, said second unit of said seat part being formed of expanded polypropylene foam; said first unit of said seat part being a movable unit and being one of directly and indirectly connected to said vehicle body floor via said second unit of said seat part disposed between said first unit of said seat part and said vehicle body floor; said second unit of said seat part being an expanded polypropylene foam support wedge, said expanded polypropylene foam support wedge being configured to transfer forces from said first unit of said seat part to said vehicle body floor such that forces acting in a driving direction are transferred uniformly and over a large area directly into said vehicle body floor, the driving direction being essentially parallel to the longitudinal vehicle axis; and said expanded polypropylene foam support wedge having a rearmost edge and a forward-most edge, said expanded polypropylene foam support wedge having a thinnest region at said rearmost edge and having a thickest region at said forward-most edge, said expanded polypropylene foam support wedge increasing in thickness from said thinnest region at said rearmost edge toward said thickest region at said forward-most edge.