Seat reclining apparatus

Details Seat reclining apparatus Seat reclining apparatus

2006-10-30

2009-08-25

White, Rodney B (Department: 3636)

Chairs and seats

Movable back

Tiltable

C297S36700R, C297S378120, C297S354120

Reexamination Certificate

active

07578556

ABSTRACT:
A seat reclining apparatus includes a folding operation lever displacing a reclining lock mechanism to a lock release position. When the folding operation lever is operated to a folding operation position, the reclining lock mechanism is displaced from a lock position to the lock release position. A seatback is displaced to a folded position by a biasing force of a folding biasing unit. A neutral position returning unit that retains a releasing lever disposed between the folding operation lever and the reclining lock mechanism when the seatback is inclined forward beyond a predetermined neutral position, and does not retain the releasing lever when the seatback is inclined rearward beyond the neutral position is further provided. A configuration for returning the seatback to the neutral position can be provided by a simple structure and only a slight design change at a lower production cost, and assembling is performed simply.

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