Adjustable seat for use in a vehicle
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1. An adjustable seat for use in a passenger compartment or a vehicle, comprising:
- a seat cushion that is slidably mounted for movement between an aft position and a fore position;
a seat back that is connected to the seat cushion;
a latch connected to the seat back; and
a mounting member adapted to be connected to a rear wall of the passenger compartment that releasably engages the latch to limit fore-aft movement of the seat back with respect to the rear wall of the passenger compartment so that movement of the seat cushion from the aft position to the fore position causes the seat back to move from an upright position to a reclined position, wherein the mounting member is an upright bar, and the latch is slidably related to the mounting member such that the latch slides downward along the mounting member as the seatback moves from the upright position to the reclined position.
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Abstract
An adjustable seat for use in a passenger compartment of a vehicle. A seat cushion is slidably mounted for movement between an aft position and a fore position, and a seat back is connected to the seat cushion. A latch connected to the seat back, and a mounting member is connected to the vehicle that releasably engages the latch to limit fore-aft movement of the seat back with respect to the mounting member so that movement of the seat cushion from the aft position to the fore position moves the seat back from an upright position to a reclined position.
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23 Claims
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1. An adjustable seat for use in a passenger compartment or a vehicle, comprising:
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a seat cushion that is slidably mounted for movement between an aft position and a fore position; a seat back that is connected to the seat cushion; a latch connected to the seat back; and a mounting member adapted to be connected to a rear wall of the passenger compartment that releasably engages the latch to limit fore-aft movement of the seat back with respect to the rear wall of the passenger compartment so that movement of the seat cushion from the aft position to the fore position causes the seat back to move from an upright position to a reclined position, wherein the mounting member is an upright bar, and the latch is slidably related to the mounting member such that the latch slides downward along the mounting member as the seatback moves from the upright position to the reclined position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 22, 23)
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9. An adjustable seat for use in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one support member adapted to be connected to a floor of the passenger compartment; a sliding frame pivotally connected to the at least one support member; a seat cushion that is slidably mounted to the sliding frame for movement between an aft position and a fore position; a seat back that is pivotally connected to the seat cushion at a lower end of the seat back; a latch connected to the seat back at an upper end of the seat back; and a mounting member adapted to be connected to a rear wall of the passenger compartment that releasably engages the latch to limit fore-aft movement of the upper end of the seat back with respect to the rear wall of the passenger compartment so that movement of the seat cushion from the aft position to the fore position causes the seat back to pivot with respect to the seat cushion from an upright position to a reclined position, wherein the mounting member is an upright bar, and the latch is slidably related to the mounting member such that the latch slides downward along the mounting member as the seatback moves from the upright position to the reclined position. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An adjustable seat for use in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
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a pair of support members adapted to be connected to a floor of the passenger compartment; a sliding frame pivotally connected to the pair of support members by a first pivot joint so that the pair of support members space the sliding frame from the floor of the passenger compartment, the sliding frame having a first pair of track members; a seat cushion having a second pair of track members, the second pair of track members engaged with the first pair of track members of the sliding frame to slidably mount the seat cushion to the sliding frame for movement between an aft position and a fore position, the seat cushion and the sliding frame pivotally movable with respect to the pair of support members about the first pivot joint for movement between a seating position and a stowed position; a seat back that is pivotally connected to the seat cushion by a second pivot joint at a lower end of the seat back for movement of the seat back between a seating position and a folded flat position; a latch connected to the seat back at an upper end of the seat back; and a mounting member adapted to be connected to a rear wall of the passenger compartment that releasably engages the latch to limit fore-aft movement of the upper end of the seat back with respect to the rear wall of the passenger compartment so that movement of the seat cushion from the aft position to the fore position causes the seat back to pivot with respect to the seat cushion from an upright position to a reclined position, wherein the mounting member is an upright bar, and the latch is slidably related to the mounting member such that the latch slides downward along the mounting member as the seatback moves from the upright position to the reclined position. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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