Motor-vehicle accessory
AssigneeGrammer AG
InventorRalph Nuss
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Abstract
An accessory for a vehicle has a base and a pivot part that can be pivoted relative to the base in opposite first and second pivoting direction between first and second end positions. A first latch and a second latch can lock the pivoting movement of the pivot part in at least one of the directions. An actuator automatically and/or manually moves the latches between a latched position in which the first latch and the second latch engaged and a released position in which the latches disengaged. One of the latches has a rotatable wheel rotatable having first blocking surfaces. The base or the pivot part has a first teeth engaging second teeth of the wheel. The other latch is provided with second blocking surfaces that engage the first blocking surfaces in the latched position and disengage therefrom in the released position.
Claims10
An accessory for a vehicle, the accessory comprising:
- a base;
- a pivot part that can be pivoted relative to the base in a first pivoting direction and an opposite second pivoting direction between a first end position and a second end position;
- a latch assembly that has a first latch and a second latch for locking the pivoting movement of the pivot part in at least one of the directions;
- an actuating device for automatically and/or manually moving the latch assembly between a latched position in which the first latch and the second latch are in engagement with each other and a released position in which the latches are out of engagement with each other, one of the latches having a wheel that is rotatable and has first blocking surfaces, the base or the pivot part having a first set of teeth in engagement with a second set of teeth of the wheel on the other of the base or the pivot part and forming a moving connection causing the wheel to rotate on pivoting of the pivot part, the other of the latches having a latch element movable between the latched position and the released position and provided with second blocking surfaces that are in engagement with the first blocking surfaces in the latched position and out of engagement with this first blocking surfaces in the released position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.