Fold and tumble release mechanism

US8960800B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Magna Seating Inc. · CA

Inventors

• William D. Champ · Mount Clemens, US
• Rabindranath Persad · Superior Charter Township, US
• Selvakumaresan Veluswamy · Farmington Hills, US
• Jeffrey P. Carroll · Beverly Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2002/962
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A release mechanism selectively actuates a recliner between a locked condition and an unlocked condition allowing pivotal movement of a seat back between a seating and fold flat position. The release mechanism includes a recliner cam lever operatively coupled to the recliner for actuating the recliner between the locked and unlocked conditions. A recliner handle lever engages the recliner cam lever in a first actuated position to actuate the recliner between the locked and unlocked conditions allowing pivotal movement of the seat back between a seating position and a fold flat position and further engages the recliner cam lever in a second actuated position to release a seat cushion from the floor and allow pivotal movement of the seat cushion between a seating position and tumbled position when the seat back is maintained in the fold flat position.