Vehicle seat assembly

Details Vehicle seat assembly Vehicle seat assembly

2007-03-20

2007-03-20

Edell, Joseph (Department: 3636)

Chairs and seats

Movable bottom

Tiltable

C297S332000, C297S333000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11162096

ABSTRACT:
A stowable seat assembly is provided for use with a vehicle having a floor and a recess formed therein. The assembly includes a seat and a pivot tube adapted to be secured to the vehicle floor, with the seat being operatively pivotal about the pivot tube between a first, collapsed position and a second, stowed position with the seat being at least partially stowed within the vehicle recess. The seat passes through a third, upright position intermediate the first and second positions as the seat is pivoted between the first and second positions. The assembly further includes a torsion rod mounted on the pivot tube and free to twist, with the torsion rod being operatively coupled to the seat during pivoting of the seat toward and away from the third, upright position. The torsion rod provides a first biasing torque for assisting pivotal movement of the seat from the stowed position toward the upright position and a second biasing torque for assisting pivotal movement of the seat from the collapsed position toward the upright position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2705526 (1955-04-01), Hoven et al.
patent: 2965155 (1960-12-01), Henrikson et al.
patent: 3567281 (1971-03-01), Barecki et al.
patent: 4603830 (1986-08-01), Franck
patent: 4957321 (1990-09-01), Martin et al.
patent: 5056866 (1991-10-01), Tobler
patent: 5280987 (1994-01-01), Miller
patent: 6375255 (2002-04-01), Maruta et al.
patent: 6499787 (2002-12-01), Jach et al.
patent: 6568736 (2003-05-01), Jach et al.
patent: 6705658 (2004-03-01), Jach et al.
patent: 6709040 (2004-03-01), Drew et al.
patent: 6746083 (2004-06-01), Drew et al.
patent: 6869138 (2005-03-01), Rhodes et al.
patent: 6896309 (2005-05-01), Satoh et al.
patent: 2004/0046408 (2004-03-01), Satoh et al.
patent: 2005/0012373 (2005-01-01), Fujita et al.
patent: 1 493 611 (2005-01-01), None
patent: 1 204 977 (1970-09-01), None
patent: 2 408 677 (2005-06-01), None
patent: 406144092 (1994-05-01), None
Ralph Cannon (Examiner); Combined Search and Examination Report Under Sections 17 and 18(3), issued for application GB0616521.1; dated Nov. 1, 2006; 6 pages; UK Patent Office.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Vehicle seat assembly does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Vehicle seat assembly, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Vehicle seat assembly will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3731512