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Front seat aranged in a two-door motor vehicle

  • US 5,000,283 A
  • Filed: 02/28/1990
  • Issued: 03/19/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An adjustable front seat for a two-door motor vehicle that has a back rest which has a forward-tilting and an inclination-adjusting movement that takes place about a single axis;

  • wherein locking of the backrest is obtained by a catch pin being engaged by a fork latch;

    wherein the locking is cancelled as a result of pivoting away of a spring-loaded detent pawl from the fork latch;

    wherein, when a locking position is reached, the spring loaded detent pawl falls into the fork latch;

    wherein, when a locking position is reached, the spring loaded detent pawl interacts with a switch member to generates a signal when the detent pawl has not fallen into the fork latch;

    wherein when an associated vehicle door is closed and when an ignition key is inserted into an ignition switch, the signal activates a backrest-pivoting means for pivoting the backrest forward while the momentary backrest inclination movement position is maintained;

    wherein the backrest pivoting causes the fork latch, which is supported against the catch pin, to pivot about the catch pin until the detent pawl falls into the fork latch; and

    wherein the detent pawl falling into the fork latch causes the signal to stop.

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