Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Seats with body modifications
Patent
1999-02-01
1999-12-14
Brown, Peter R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Seats with body modifications
297336, B60N 210
Patent
active
060007427
ABSTRACT:
A seat mounting apparatus for supporting a seat allows the seat to be positioned in three possible positions allowing for improved ingress/egress and cargo carrying. The seat mounting apparatus includes a seat back frame (28), a seat bottom frame (36), a front leg (50), and a rear leg (44). A guide mechanism (59) is disposed between the seat bottom frame and the front leg for guiding the front leg. A reclining mechanism (91) is interposed between the seat back frame and the seat bottom frame for allowing the seat back frame to move between first and second reclined positions and into a first folded position. A front release mechanism (61) is interposed between the seat bottom frame and the front leg for controlling relative motion between the front leg and the seat bottom upon actuation of the front release mechanism. A coupler mechanism (79) is disposed between the seat back frame and the rear leg and is connected to the front leg for positioning the seat back frame into a second folded position over a lowered seat bottom frame. A rear release mechanism (108) is interposed between a bottom end (46) of the rear leg and a floor (20) for releasing the bottom end of the rear leg from being rigidly connected to the floor such that with the seat back frame in the first folded position, the seat can be displaced from a seated position to a tumbled position for improved ingress and egress.
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Bela Lucian
Hammoud Majid
Liu Frank Qiukui
Liu Leon Bruce
Schaefer Donald Richard
Brown Gregory P.
Brown Peter R.
Ford Motor Company
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