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Vehicle seat assembly with position-fixing means

  • US 5,785,387 A
  • Filed: 09/23/1996
  • Issued: 07/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle seat assembly comprising, in combination:

  • first and second fore-and-aft extending lower track sub-assemblies for mounting to a vehicle generally horizontally and laterally spaced from each other, the first lower track sub-assembly comprising a generally fore-and-aft extending first lower track, and the second lower track assembly comprising a generally fore-and-aft extending second lower track;

    a generally fore-and-aft extending first downward flange external of the first and second lower track, having a toothed free edge; and

    first and second upper track sub-assemblies carried by the first and second lower track sub-assemblies respectively, the first upper track sub-assembly comprising a first upper track slidingly coupled with the first lower track and an upwardly open, first upper J-hook external of the first upper track and first lower track, and terminating below a bottom-most surface of the first lower track and the second upper track sub-assembly comprising a second upper track slidingly coupled with the second lower track;

    wherein the first downward flange is received by the first upper J-hook below the bottom-most surface of the first lower track permitting fore-and-aft travel in a normal operating condition, and limiting vertical dislocation of the first upper track sub-assembly relative the first lower track sub-assembly, the first downward flange and first upper J-hook cooperatively providing dislocation position-fixing means for resisting fore-and-aft movement of the first upper J-hook relative the first downward flange upon upward dislocation of the first upper track sub-assembly relative the first lower track sub-assembly.

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