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Easy entry seat adjuster

  • US 4,621,867 A
  • Filed: 04/04/1985
  • Issued: 11/11/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An easy entry seat adjuster comprising, in combination, a pair of track members, means slidably mounting one track member on the other track member for longitudinal adjustment relative thereto, one track member having an opening therein and the other track member having a plurality of openings therein, each pairable with the opening of the one track member to define a horizontally adjusted position of the track members, a latch carrier slidably mounted on the track members, latch means movably mounted on the carrier for movement in a plane longitudinal of the track members and including a pair of latch arms extending oppositely of each other, one latch arm being movable into and out of the opening of the one track member and the other latch arm being movable into and out of each of the openings of the other track member, means interconnecting the carrier and the latch means and normally locating the latch means with one latch arm extending into the one opening and the other latch arm extending into a paired opening of the other track member to releasably latch the track members to each other in a longitudinal adjusted position, means moving the latch means relative to the carrier to move the one arm further into the one opening as the other latch arm moves out of the opening of the other track member to permit movement of the one track member, the carrier and the latch means as a unit relative to the other track member to a new adjusted position relative thereto, the reengagement of the other latch arm in another opening of the other track member releasably latching the track members to each other in the new adjusted position, and means for moving the latch means relative to the carrier to move the other latch arm further into the opening of the other track member as the one latch arm moves out of the opening in the one track member to permit movement of the one track member relative to the other track member, the carrier and the latch means from an initial starting position to an easy entry position, return of the one track member to the initial starting position reengaging the one latch arm in the opening of the one track member to releasably latch the one track member to the other track member in the initial starting position.

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