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ADJUSTABLE RECLINING SEAT

  • US 3,695,570 A
  • Filed: 10/19/1970
  • Issued: 10/03/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An adjustable reclining seat comprising a seat structure and a support structure mounted on a floor pan and supporting said seat structure thereon, said support structure comprising right and left lower brackets fixed on said floor pan, right and left upper brackets which are pivotally connected to said right and left lower brackets, respectively, at their rear end portions, a shaft pivotally inserted into front end portions of said right and left lower brackets, a rotary member securely mounted on said shaft adjacent either of said right and left lower brackets, said rotary member having a ratchet sector directed rearward and an outwardly extending arm portion extending forward, an actuating member rotatably mounted on said shaft, a pivotal member pivotally mounted at its lower end portion on the lower bracket adjacent said rotary member and provided with a ratchet portion which is normally held in engagement with said ratchet sector, a connecting arm which is pivotally connected at its front end to an upper end portion of said actuating member and at its rear end to said pivotal member a linking arm which is pivotally connected at one end with the outwardly extending arm portion of said rotary member and at the other to the upper bracket associated with the lower bracket on which said pivotal member is mounted, and a manipulating lever securely connected to said actuating member, said actuating member being rotated rearward as said lever is rotated rearward to cause said pivotal member to rotate accordingly until the pivotal member is released from said rotary member.

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