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I'm involved in leading students to design bed like rear seating
(with raised knee position) in which the lower seat reclines backwards as
the seatback does (like in office seating reclining) The idea is that in
the event of a crash the body adopts a fetal position, avoiding
submarinning and thorax and abdomen damage.
Could you give an advice on where I could find specific informations or
active researchers to do so??
I'd be very glad that anyone respond me. I want to do my best for the next
automotive designers to contribute to as safe as creative designs.
I would add to Angela Michalide's excellent editorial "Ensuring the
safety of school age passengers", the Americian Academy of Pediatrics
recommendation that all pre-adolescent children ride (properly restrained)
in the back seat of the automobile. Such a simple maneuver will
significantly reduce the risk of death and serious injury to the child.
Question about safety of body positions in rear seats
I'm involved in leading students to design bed like rear seating
(with raised knee position) in which the lower seat reclines backwards as
the seatback does (like in office seating reclining) The idea is that in
the event of a crash the body adopts a fetal position, avoiding
submarinning and thorax and abdomen damage.
Could you give an advice on where I could find specific informations or
active researchers to do so??
I'd be very glad that anyone respond me. I want to do my best for the next
automotive designers to contribute to as safe as creative designs.
Emailto:cuervoprieto@yahoo.es
Florencio Cuervo,
Industrial Designer
MSC in Auto Engineering
Professor at istituto Europeo di Design
Former Researcher and Professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires
Competing interests:
AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR DESIGN
Competing interests: No competing interests