Chairs and seats – Movable bottom – Tiltable
Patent
1993-04-09
1995-02-28
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Chairs and seats
Movable bottom
Tiltable
2973441, 297334, 296 651, B60N 212, B60N 206, B60N 210
Patent
active
053931211
ABSTRACT:
A tilt-away system for front seats of vehicles for permitting the entire front seat to be moved as far as possible out of the entry and exit region of the vehicle includes a seat frame front support assembly including a support stand which supports the front portion of the seat frame, a seat frame rear support assembly including link arms on each side of the seat frame, the link arms having forward ends pivotally secured to travellers which are displaceably mounted in rails and rearward ends connected to the rearward portion of the seat frame and being locked in a use position for the seat by a link arm locking mechanism, the link arms being adapted to be pivoted forwardly and upwardly to tilt the seat forwardly after it has been moved forwardly on the rails to a position intermediate the use and access positions, and a release mechanism for releasing the front portion of the seat frame from the support stand and the link arm locking mechanism in one operation so that the front seat can be moved forward to the intermediate position and then tilted forwardly and upwardly to the access position.
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Lynda Martin
Reuss Thomas
Schmale Gerhard
Sommer Norbert
Allred David E.
Dorner Kenneth J.
Kalinowski Leonard J.
Levine E. L.
Naue/Johnson Controls Engineering GmbH & Co., KG
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