Vehicle tether structure
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorsJames Hunt, Antonio Manzari, Laurie Tait
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Abstract
A vehicle tether structure includes a vehicle body structure, a seat and a tether bracket. The vehicle body structure includes an upright wall that at least partially defines a passenger compartment. The seat is installed to the passenger compartment adjacent to the upright wall. The tether bracket has an upright portion that is removably attached to the upright wall proximate an upper end of the seat. The tether bracket also has a horizontal portion that includes tether receiving openings for attachment thereto by a child seat.
Claims19
A vehicle tether structure, comprising
- a vehicle body structure that includes an upright wall that at least partially defines a passenger compartment;
- a seat installed to the passenger compartment adjacent to the upright wall;
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- a tether bracket having an upright portion that is removably attached to the upright wall proximate an upper end of the seat and a horizontal portion that includes tether receiving openings for attachment thereto by a child seat,
- the upright portion of the tether bracket including an alignment pin attached to the upright portion, the alignment pin being positioned and dimensioned to extend into an alignment opening in the upright wall.
A vehicle tether structure, comprising:
- a vehicle body structure that includes an upright wall that at least partially defines a passenger compartment;
- a seat installed to the passenger compartment adjacent to the upright wall;
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- a tether bracket having an upright portion that is removably attached to the upright wall proximate an upper end of the seat and a horizontal portion that includes tether receiving openings for attachment thereto by a child seat, the tether bracket attached to the upright wall proximate a lower end of a rear window opening of the vehicle body structure;
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- a trim panel dimensioned such that when attached to the upright wall the trim panel covers an area below the rear window opening.
A vehicle tether structure, comprising
- a vehicle body structure that includes an upright wall that at least partially defines a passenger compartment, the upright wall also defining a window opening;
- a trim panel installed to the upright wall with an upper edge of the trim panel being proximate a lower end of the window opening;
- a seat installed to the passenger compartment adjacent to the upright wall;
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- a tether bracket removably installed to the upright wall adjacent to the lower end of the window opening and proximate the upper edge of the trim panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.