Chairs and seats – Crash seat – Bottom and back movable as unit in response to force
Patent
1976-12-13
1978-08-01
Frazier, Roy D.
Chairs and seats
Crash seat
Bottom and back movable as unit in response to force
297379, B60M 102
Patent
active
041039670
ABSTRACT:
An inertia-responsive vehicle seat back latch mechanism for a vehicle seat assembly having a seat back pivotally supported for forwardly tilting movement, wherein said latch mechanism includes an unattached, inertia-responsive mass which moves in response to changes in vehicle velocity such that it is disposed in a position to engage a latch and thereby prevent forward tilting of the seat back. In the preferred embodiment of this invention, the unattached, inertia-responsive mass is a roller contained within a roller guide.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2873794 (1959-02-01), Leslie et al.
patent: 4010979 (1977-03-01), Fisher et al.
Hollowell William M.
Tanaka Akira
American Safety Equipment Corporation
Frazier Roy D.
Lyddane William E.
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