An occupant support adapted for use in a vehicle includes a seat bottom coupled to a floor of the vehicle and a seat back configured to pivot about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a folded-forward position. The occupant support further includes an upper-back support system configured to support an upper back of an occupant of the occupant support.

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seatback, and a headrest. At least one of the seat cushion, the seatback, and the headrest includes a fixed part and a movable part. The fixed part and the movable part that is mounted so as to be movable relative to the fixed part are provided adjacent to each other. A border between the movable part and the fixed part is exposed to an outside of the seat. A movable-side edge of the movable part and a fixed-side edge of the fixed part are disposed adjacent to each other along a direction of movement of the movable part so as to form at least a part of the border exposed to the outside of the seat. The movable part moves relative to the fixed part while keeping a constant clearance between the movable-side edge and the fixed-side edge.

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seatback, and a headrest. At least one of the seat cushion, the seatback, and the headrest includes a fixed part and a movable part. The fixed part and the movable part that is mounted so as to be movable relative to the fixed part are provided adjacent to each other. A border between the movable part and the fixed part is exposed to an outside of the seat. A movable-side edge of the movable part and a fixed-side edge of the fixed part are disposed adjacent to each other along a direction of movement of the movable part so as to form at least a part of the border exposed to the outside of the seat. The movable part moves relative to the fixed part while keeping a constant clearance between the movable-side edge and the fixed-side edge.

A vehicle seat (11) includes a seat frame (22a) having an opening (46) in a plate-shaped part (43), andan actuator (31) mounted on the plate-shaped part (43). Accordingly, it is possible to provide a vehicle seat that further contributes to quietness in the interior of a vehicle.

An aircraft passenger seat construction capable of in-flight rocking motion and berthing, wherein rocking motion and berthing are mutually exclusive features. The seat construction includes a fixed frame including spaced frame members each having a support surface to be rocked on, a rocking frame including a seat pan and spaced rockers, the spaced rockers positioned to rock on the support surfaces, guides carried on the spaced rockers engaged to travel within guide slots of the spaced frame members, a backrest pivotally attached to the rocking frame, and a leg rest pivotally attached to the rocking frame. The rocking frame may rock back-and-forth in-flight or may be locked at any given position based on passenger preference. The seat construction is compatible with or without other seat adjustment mechanisms such as tracking, swivel, lie-flat and recline adjustment mechanisms.

An adjustment fitting for a vehicle seat for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat may have a first fitting part connectable to a seat substructure of the vehicle seat. The fitting may also have a second fitting part pivotable about an axis relative to the first fitting part and connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat. The first fitting part and the second fitting part may be constituent parts both of a gearing unit of the adjustment fitting and of a locking unit of the adjustment fitting.

The vehicle seat comprising a seat-bottom frame; a seatback frame comprising at least one first lateral riser mounted pivoting relative to said seat-bottom frame around a transverse axis; a first discontinuous type hinge mechanism with a first side-plate rigidly fixed to the seat-bottom frame and a second side-plate; an intermediate riser mounted on the seat bottom frame, pivoting around the transverse axis, by means of the first hinge mechanism where the intermediate riser and the second side-plate are securely connected in rotation around the transverse axis; where the intermediate riser is fixed to the first lateral riser at a distance from the transverse axis; where the intermediate riser has a stiffness less than the stiffness of the first lateral riser of the seatback frame.

The vehicle seat comprising a seat-bottom frame; a seatback frame comprising at least one first lateral riser mounted pivoting relative to said seat-bottom frame around a transverse axis; a first discontinuous type hinge mechanism with a first side-plate rigidly fixed to the seat-bottom frame and a second side-plate; an intermediate riser mounted on the seat bottom frame, pivoting around the transverse axis, by means of the first hinge mechanism where the intermediate riser and the second side-plate are securely connected in rotation around the transverse axis; where the intermediate riser is fixed to the first lateral riser at a distance from the transverse axis; where the intermediate riser has a stiffness less than the stiffness of the first lateral riser of the seatback frame.

A pull-strap assembly for actuating a recline mechanism of a vehicle seat includes a clevis having first and second pieces configured to snap into one another, wherein the pieces cooperate to define a cylindrical body and a cable connector. The assembly further includes a fixed anchor and a tension member having a fixed end connected to the anchor, an intermediate portion looped around the cylindrical body, and a free end. The clevis is configured to move towards the anchor responsive to the free end being pulled by a user to release the recline mechanism.

A pull-strap assembly for actuating a recline mechanism of a vehicle seat includes a clevis having first and second pieces configured to snap into one another, wherein the pieces cooperate to define a cylindrical body and a cable connector. The assembly further includes a fixed anchor and a tension member having a fixed end connected to the anchor, an intermediate portion looped around the cylindrical body, and a free end. The clevis is configured to move towards the anchor responsive to the free end being pulled by a user to release the recline mechanism.