Safety seat
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1. A safety seat for use in a motor vehicle, the safety seat comprising a squab;
- a back associated with the squab, the back being pivotally connected for pivotal movement relative to the squab, stop means being provided to limit rearward pivotal movement of the back, a motion restricting device being provided which relatively freely permits movement of the back of the seat rearwardly in a pivoting motion towards said stop, in response to force applied to the back of the seat by the torso of the occupant of the seat as a consequence of a rear impact but which resists with substantial damping the subsequent tendency for the back of the seat to move forwardly with a pivotal motion away from the stop.
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Abstract
A safety seat for a motor vehicle has a squab (1) and a back (4). A support (6) is connected to the squab and the back is pivotally connected (13) to the support (6). A motion-restricting device (22) is provided in the form of a hydraulic damper which permits relative free movement of the back of the seat rearwardly until part (12) of the back of the seat engages a stop (11), but which resists any subsequent tendency for the back of the seat to move forwardly with a pivot movement about the pivot (13) away from the stop (11).
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1. A safety seat for use in a motor vehicle, the safety seat comprising a squab;
- a back associated with the squab, the back being pivotally connected for pivotal movement relative to the squab, stop means being provided to limit rearward pivotal movement of the back, a motion restricting device being provided which relatively freely permits movement of the back of the seat rearwardly in a pivoting motion towards said stop, in response to force applied to the back of the seat by the torso of the occupant of the seat as a consequence of a rear impact but which resists with substantial damping the subsequent tendency for the back of the seat to move forwardly with a pivotal motion away from the stop.
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