Low profile adjustable vehicle seat mount assembly

A seat mount system, the seat mount system comprising:

• a vehicle facing mount plate constructed to be secured to a vehicle frame member;
• a seat facing mount plate constructed to secure a seat to the vehicle frame member;
• a first pivot bracket and a second pivot bracket disposed between the vehicle facing mount plate and the seat facing mount plate and pivotably connected to one another to define an asymmetric scissor assembly and having a pivot axis that is oriented proximate a middle portion each of the first pivot bracket and the second pivot bracket;
• a spring assembly disposed between at least one of the vehicle facing mount plate and the seat facing mount plate and at least one of the first pivot bracket and the second pivot bracket and configured to resist motion in at least one direction between the first pivot bracket and the second pivot bracket;
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• an adjuster engaged with the spring assembly and configured to manipulate a position of the spring assembly in response to operation of the adjuster to adjust a proportion of the spring assembly that is available to resist motion in the at least one direction between the first pivot bracket and the second pivot bracket and a remaining proportion of the spring assembly is configured to contribute a greater or lesser amount of resistance to the proportion of the spring assembly upon translation of the spring assembly.

A seat mount assembly comprising:

• a lower housing constructed to be secured to a vehicle frame member;
• an upper housing constructed to be secured to a seat secured to the vehicle;
• an asymmetric scissor assembly having a first scissor bracket that is pivotably secured to a second scissor bracket wherein opposing ends of the first scissor bracket and the second scissor bracket are secured to a respective one of the lower housing and the upper housing;
• a spring assembly defined as a spring cartridge having an upper spring plate assembly and a lower spring plate assembly and that is disposed between the lower housing and the upper housing and disposed within a footprint of the asymmetric scissor assembly, the spring assembly being moveable relative to the asymmetric scissor assembly to manipulate a proportion of the spring assembly that is engaged to resist translation of the first scissor bracket relative to the second pivot bracket;
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• wherein at least one of the upper spring plate assembly and the lower spring plate assembly includes a plastic spring plate and a metal spring plate disposed between the plastic spring plate and the at least one spring of the spring cartridge.

A seat mount assembly comprising:

• a lower housing constructed to be secured to a vehicle frame member;
• an upper housing constructed to be secured to a seat secured to the vehicle;
• an asymmetric scissor assembly having a first scissor bracket that is pivotably secured to a second scissor bracket wherein opposing ends of the first scissor bracket and the second scissor bracket are secured to a respective one of the lower housing and the upper housing;
• a spring assembly disposed within a footprint of the asymmetric scissor assembly, the spring assembly being translatable relative to the asymmetric scissor assembly to manipulate a proportion of the spring assembly that is engaged therewith to resist translation of the first scissor bracket relative to the second pivot scissor bracket;
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• wherein translation of the spring assembly is further defined as rotation of the spring assembly about a vertical axis relative to the asymmetric scissor assembly.