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US 11,590,863 B2Granted
Seat reclining mechanism with protective cover
AssigneeCreative Cedar Designs, Inc.
InventorJack Q. Xiao
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Abstract
A seat reclining mechanism has a protective device at the shell. The shell has an inner cover and an outer cover with a support plate set therein. The upper part of the shell has a gap for accommodating the rotation of an arm of a rotating plate extends out of the gap. A fence plate cooperates with the arm to keep the gap closed.
Claims17
A seat reclining mechanism comprising:
- a shell having an inner shell and an outer cover providing a gap at an upper portion of the shell into an internal cavity, the gap having a length and a width;
- a rotating plate having an arm extending from the internal cavity in the shell through the gap and movable through a plane of motion within the gap from at least a first position to a second position;
- a spring at least selectively applying a bias to the rotating plate;
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- a fence plate operably coupled to the shell and the arm at the gap, the fence plate moving with the arm between the first and second positions, with the fence plate and arm as a combination extending across both the length of the gap in the first and second positions, and the fence plate extending wider than the width of the gap.
2 more elements
The seat reclining mechanism of claim of 8 wherein the lever overcomes bias of the spring to permit movement of the arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.