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Vehicle seat assembly

US5738411A · kind A · utility

40Cited by
8References
11Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 23, 1997
Grant dateApr 14, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2002/948
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat assembly which is movable from a use position to a stored position having an upwardly extending headrest which is first rotated to a stored position thereby lowering the overall height of the seat back prior to storing the seat back. The headrest is coupled to a lower seat back latch such that upon rotation of the headrest to its stored position, the lower seat back latch is released enabling the seat back to then be rotated to its stored position. The result is a single handed operation of moving the headrest to its stored position and moving the entire seat back to its stored position.

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