Vehicle seat latch with take-up mechanism

Details Vehicle seat latch with take-up mechanism Vehicle seat latch with take-up mechanism

1989-05-08

1990-11-20

Pedder, Dennis H.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Seats with body modifications

2485031, 297336, B60N 102

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049713795

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle seat latch with a take-up mechanism for use in securing a removable bench seat to a vehicle. The bench seat being supported on laterally spaced pedestals which are engageable with support shafts in the floor structure of a vehicle. The rearward end of the pedestals include an elongated U-shaped slot for engagement with the support shaft, the slots are elongated to accommodate variations in the vertical height of the support shafts in the vehicle floor. The latch take-up mechanism includes a take-up hook which is rotatable underneath the support shaft to engage the lower surface of the support shaft to prevent the bench seat from rocking forward during rapid deceleration of the vehicle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4606577 (1986-08-01), Hirama et al.
patent: 4759580 (1988-07-01), Berklich, Jr. et al.
patent: 4770459 (1988-09-01), Nakaiwa et al.
patent: 4836597 (1989-06-01), Izumida
patent: 4838513 (1989-06-01), Kondo
patent: 4865377 (1989-09-01), Musser et al.

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