Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Seats with body modifications
Patent
1997-02-27
1999-03-02
Avila, Stephen
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Seats with body modifications
B60N 202
Patent
active
058760857
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle seat having a base that is carried by a floor on a seat adjuster that comprises two pairs of seat slide rails that permit the seat to be moved relative to the floor with at least one of the rails being of non-metallic, preferably plastic, construction. The non-metallic rails have an upper rail portion spaced from a lower rail portion defining a channel therebetween for receiving a flange of the other seat slide, preferably without requiring ball, roller or needle bearings. Preferably, the base and plastic rails are of one piece unitary construction for producing a low profile adjuster. Each of the other rails is preferably constructed of a metal, has a bottom wall anchored to the floor, and a pair of sidewalls with one of the sidewalls carrying the flange and the other of the sidewalls being notched. A latch is pivotally connected to the base enabling a grip of the latch to be lifted to free a latch tooth from a slide rail notch enabling the seat to be moved. The seat further includes a suspension that preferably is a single pivot suspension having deformable elastomeric springs that can be moved to adjust the firmness of the suspension. Each spring is preferably attached to the base or seat by a pivot enabling it to be swung about the attachment pivot toward or away from the seat pivot.
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Avila Stephen
Milsco Manufacturing Company
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