Patent ID: 8469447

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a subwoofer enclosure seat support structure and a seat cushion supported on said subwoofer enclosure seat support structure, said subwoofer enclosure seat support structure comprising: a shell comprising a base including a side wall defining a periphery of said shell, a seat cushion support wall arranged transversely relative to said side wall and connected to said side wall, and an internal space defining a subwoofer enclosure volume between said side wall and said seat cushion support wall, wherein said seat cushion is supported on said seat cushion support wall of said shell outside said internal space, said base further comprising a subwoofer support wall arranged transverse to said side wall and located between said seat cushion support wall and a lower edge of said side wall; a subwoofer recess that opens in said side wall of said shell, wherein said transverse subwoofer support wall partially defines said subwoofer recess; a subwoofer speaker connected to said transverse subwoofer support wall of said shell and located in said subwoofer recess, wherein said subwoofer speaker separates said subwoofer enclosure volume from an external environment in which said shell is located; said seat cushion support wall comprising first and second concave submarine layout protection recesses adapted to accommodate compression of first and second portions of said seat cushion when said first and second portions of said seat cushion are compressed, wherein said first and second submarine layout protection recesses are separated by a portion of said seat cushion support wall that extends between and interconnects said first and second submarine layout protection recesses.