Seat cushion mounting arrangement
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1. In a vehicle seat adapted to be mounted on a vehicle and including a generally vertical seat back, a seat cushion component having front and rear edges and laterally spaced sides, and a base component, an adjustable arrangement for mounting the seat cushion component on the base component, the mounting arrangement comprising:
- a keeper mounted on one of the components and having a plurality of elongated openings spaced along an axis parallel to the seat cushion component sides, the openings extending laterally with respect to said axis;
a latch member mounted on the other component for pivotal movement between latching and nonlatching positions, the latch member including a latching portion that is aligned with the laterally extending orientation of the openings while in the nonlatching position so as to be movable through any one of the openings as the cushion component is positioned on top of the base component, the location of the forward edge of the seat cushion being adjustably determined by the particular opening through which the latch member moves, the latching portion of the latch member moving into an unaligned relationship with respect to the openings upon movement of the latch member to the latching position, the unaligned relationship of the latching portion and the particular opening that receives the latch member maintaining the cushion component on the base component in the associated adjusted position of the cushion component with respect to the seat back, and the latching portion having a component extending along said axis in the latching position to permit tilting movement of the seat cushion component on the base component.
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A seat cushion is mounted on the seat base for forward and rearward adjusting movement with respect to the seat back by a mounting arrangement having latch members that also latch the seat cushion to the seat base while permitting tilting movement of the seat cushion.
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1. In a vehicle seat adapted to be mounted on a vehicle and including a generally vertical seat back, a seat cushion component having front and rear edges and laterally spaced sides, and a base component, an adjustable arrangement for mounting the seat cushion component on the base component, the mounting arrangement comprising:
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a keeper mounted on one of the components and having a plurality of elongated openings spaced along an axis parallel to the seat cushion component sides, the openings extending laterally with respect to said axis; a latch member mounted on the other component for pivotal movement between latching and nonlatching positions, the latch member including a latching portion that is aligned with the laterally extending orientation of the openings while in the nonlatching position so as to be movable through any one of the openings as the cushion component is positioned on top of the base component, the location of the forward edge of the seat cushion being adjustably determined by the particular opening through which the latch member moves, the latching portion of the latch member moving into an unaligned relationship with respect to the openings upon movement of the latch member to the latching position, the unaligned relationship of the latching portion and the particular opening that receives the latch member maintaining the cushion component on the base component in the associated adjusted position of the cushion component with respect to the seat back, and the latching portion having a component extending along said axis in the latching position to permit tilting movement of the seat cushion component on the base component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a vehicle seat adapted to be mounted on a vehicle and including a generally vertical seat back, a seat cushion component having front and rear edges and laterally spaced sides and a base component, an adjustable arrangement for mounting the seat cushion component on the base component, the mounting arrangement comprising:
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a keeper mounted on the base component and having a plurality of elongated openings spaced along a horizontal axis parallel to the seat cushion component sides, the openings extending laterally with respect to said axis; a latch member mounted on the seat cushion component for pivotal movement about a vertical axis between latching and nonlatching positions, the latch member including a latching portion that is aligned with the laterally extending orientation of the openings while in the nonlatching position so as to be movable through any one of the openings as the cushion component is positioned on top of the base component, the location of the forward edge of the seat cushion being adjustably determined by the particular opening through which the latch member moves, the latching portion of the latch member moving into an unaligned relationship with respect to the openings upon movement of the latch member to the latching position, the unaligned relationship of the latching portion and the particular opening that receives the latch member maintaining the cushion component on the base component in the associated adjusted position of the cushion component with respect to the seat back, and the latching portion having a component extending along said horizontal axis in the latching position to permit tilting movement of the seat cushion component; and a handle for moving the latch member between the latching and unlatching positions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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