Chairs and seats – Movable bottom – Tiltable
Patent
1991-02-05
1992-10-27
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Chairs and seats
Movable bottom
Tiltable
297344, B60N 200
Patent
active
051583380
ABSTRACT:
A seat assembly for a motor vehicle is shown which comprises a lower rail secured to a floor of the vehicle; an upper rail slidably engaged with the lower rail; a base structure secured to the upper rail to move therewith; a seat cushion held by the base structure in a manner to pivot between a horizontal operative condition and an upright inoperative condition; a seat slide latching mechanism for latching the upper rail to the lower rail, the seat slide latching mechanism having a first cancelling device which cancels the latched condition of the upper rail when actuated; a seat cushion latching mechanism for latching the seat cushion at both the horizontal operative and upright inoperative positions relative to the base structure, the seat cushion latching mechanism having a second cancelling device which cancels the latched condition of the seat cushion when actuated; and a latch cancel inhibiting mechanism which inhibits the actuation of one of the first and second cancelling devices when the other of the first and second cancelling devices is being actuated.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3059964 (1962-10-01), Hoppe et al.
patent: 5106144 (1992-04-01), Hayakawa et al.
Fujiwara Mikio
Hayakawa Hatsuo
Hirakui Hidemasa
Honma Mikio
Irie Hideki
Dorner Kenneth J.
Hope Cassandra L.
Ikeda Bussan Co. Ltd.
Ohi Seisakusho Co. Ltd.
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