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Lockable sliding rail guide arrangement for mounting a seat

  • US 4,733,845 A
  • Filed: 09/02/1986
  • Issued: 03/29/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A sliding rail guide arrangement with locking device for a vehicle seat, comprising an outer rail of substantially C-shaped configuration including at least one substantially C-shaped end portion having at lest one aperture formed therein, an inner rail guided in the outer rail slidably therein and having a plurality of locking openings formed therein, a locking lever having at least one locking portion thereon, mounting means including a base portion having first and second ends and first and second limb portions which project away from the respective ends of the base portion in the same direction relative thereto, at least one of said limb portions of said mounting means having a mounting opening therethrough and a portion of said locking lever disposed in said mounting opening for mounting said lever on said mounting means movable relative thereto between a first position in which said inner and outer rails are locked relative to each other and a second position permitting relative sliding movement of said inner and outer rails, said base portion of said mounting means mounted to said outer rail and having at least one aperture aligned with said at least one aperture in said substantially C-shaped end portion of said outer rail and said locking portion on said locking lever positioned to extend through said aperture in said base portion of said mounting means and through said at least one aperture in said outer rail to engage into a respective one of said locking openings formed in said inner rail to lock said inner rail in said outer rail in said first position of said locking lever.

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