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Latch releasing mechanism for use in a front seat of a vehicle

  • US 4,159,147 A
  • Filed: 01/26/1978
  • Issued: 06/26/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a shiftable seat for use in a vehicle mounted on a carrier member which slidably moves back and forth between forward and retracted positions along a rail member fixedly provided on a body of the vehicle, said seat being biased towards the forward position, and having a seat cushion and a reclining back cushion pivotally connected to the seat cushion for tilting the back cushion towards the seat cushion, said seat being coupled with a latch means for maintaining said seat in a required position between said forward and retracted positions, a latch releasing mechanism for releasing said latch means, upon tilting the back cushion towards the seat cushion, for shifting said seat towards said forward position, said latch releasing mechanism comprising:

  • a latch release blade pivotally mounted on the carrier member for movement towards and away from a predetermined position at which the latch release blade releases the latch mechanism, said latch release blade being moved to said predetermined position upon movement of the back cushion when the back cushion is tilted, and said latch release blade having a detent recess;

    a manually operable lever pivotally mounted on the carrier member, said manually operable lever having a trigger arm engagable with said latch release blade for movement of said latch release blade towards said predetermined position upon movement of said manually operable lever towards a predetermined position;

    a lock member pivotally mounted on said manually operable lever, said lock member having an engaging portion which is engagable with said detent recess when said latch release blade is moved to the predetermined position;

    means for biasing said lock member in a predetermined direction to lock the latch release blade in the predetermined position when the latch release blade is moved to the predetermined position; and

    detent release means provided on said rail for moving the lock member in an opposite direction to the predetermined biased direction to unlock the latch release blade when the lock member is moved by the detent release means as a result of movement of said carrier member towards the retracted position.

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