Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Seats with body modifications
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-03
2007-04-03
Pedder, Dennis H. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Seats with body modifications
C296S065090, C297S336000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11120364
ABSTRACT:
A combined seat back release and floor release for use with a vehicle seat. The seat back includes a first mechanism for forwardly rotating a seat back relative to a seat bottom. The floor release is actuated by the seat back by virtue of a linearly translatable cable extending therebetween. The cable acts upon a floor release lever, which is rotatably slaved to a pair of cam elements. A latch plate is rotatably secured to the seat and engages a floor mounted striker. Shoulder portions associated with the cams define primary and secondary abutment surfaces acting against the support surface of the latch plate. The lever actuates the cams away from the support surface in response to the actuation of the cable from the seat back mechanism. Forward pivoting of the seat occurs upon the cam shoulders separating from the latch plate support surface, a coil spring causing the latch plate to further rotate in a disengaging direction relative to the striker and upon the coil spring exceeding an over center portion relative to the pivot point of rotation of the latch plate.
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Brantley Keith
Lutzka Tavis S.
BAE Industries, Inc.
Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle, Andserson & Citkowski, P.C.
Pedder Dennis H.
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