Movable seat back tray
US7607726B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60N3/004
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle seat has a seat bottom and a seat back, which pivots at a rear side of the seat bottom. Within the rearward-facing surface of the seat back, a seat back tray is housed. When in a front passenger seat that is folded forward, the seat back tray is easily assessable by a vehicle driver. To adjust the tray horizontally, a pivotable tray top pivots relative to and above a non-pivoting tray top. A track within the tray provides a guide for movement of the pivotable tray top. A scissor lift coupled to an adjustment mechanism including either a hand crank or electric motor, may raise and lower the tray from a retracted position to an extended position, and be fixed at any intermediary position. The tray may be equipped to be lifted to any intermediary position without a hand crank or electric motor in a low-cost, yet effective scissor mechanism.
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