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US 11,230,210 B1Granted
Strap assembly for carrier detachment
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsVishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Laxman Tamhankar, Patrick Maloney, Kevin VanNieulande
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Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly includes a frame with an engagement portion, a carrier, and a strap disposed between the frame and the carrier, wherein if the carrier is in an attached position relative to the frame, then application of an actuating force to the strap moves the carrier to a detached position relative to the frame.
Claims16
A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
- a frame including:
- an engagement portion;
- a carrier;
- and
- a plurality of straps disposed between the frame and the carrier, wherein if the carrier is in an attached position relative to the frame, then application of an actuating force to the strap moves the carrier to a detached position relative to the frame, wherein the plurality of straps each include a first end coupled to the frame and a second end coupled to a joining member disposed in a central portion of the frame.
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A seating assembly comprising:
- a frame including an engagement portion;
- a carrier;
- and
- a strap assembly arrangeable in a fixed position and a released position and including:
- a strap including a first end and a second end, wherein the strap is fixedly secured to the frame if the strap assembly is in the fixed position, and wherein if an actuating force is applied to the strap, then the strap moves from the fixed position to the released position to detach the carrier from the frame, wherein the engagement portion of the fame includes an aperture and wherein the strap includes a clamp positionable in a collapsed position and an expanded position.
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A method of assembling a vehicle seating assembly comprising:
- positioning a strap assembly between a frame and a carrier;
- securing the carrier to the frame;
- exerting an actuating force on the strap assembly so that the strap assembly detaches the carrier from the frame;
- positioning a plurality of straps of the strap assembly in a corresponding plurality of runners of the carrier;
- and
- arranging the plurality of straps so that a first end of each of the plurality of straps is fixed to an outer location of the frame and a second end of each of the plurality of straps is coupled to a joining member disposed an inner location of the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.